| NOUN | communication | ambiguity | an expression whose meaning / meaning cannot be determined from its context |
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| attribute | ambiguity, equivocalness | unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning / meaning |
| Sounds | ae.mbihgyuw'ahtiy | |
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| Rhymes | ability ... zloty: 638 rhymes with tiy... | |
| Meaning | An expression whose meaning / meaning cannot be determined from its context. | |
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| Narrower | amphibology, amphiboly | An ambiguous grammatical construction |
| double entendre | An ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate | |
| loophole | An ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty / difficulty or obligation / obligation | |
| parisology | The use of ambiguous words | |
| Broader | saying, expression, locution | A word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations |
| Spanish | ambigüedad | |
| Catalan | ambigüitat | |
| Adjectives | ambiguous | open to two or more interpretations |
| ambiguous | having no intrinsic or objective meaning / meaning | |
| Meaning | unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning / meaning. | |
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| Synonym | equivocalness | |
| Narrower | equivocation, prevarication, evasiveness | intentionally vague or ambiguous |
| polysemy, lexical ambiguity | The ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings | |
| twilight zone, no man's land | The ambiguous region between two categories / categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both) | |
| Broader | unclearness | incomprehensibility as a result of not being clear |
| Opposite | unambiguity, unequivocalness | clarity achieved by the avoidance of ambiguity |
| Spanish | ambigüedad, polisemia | |
| Catalan | ambigüitat | |
| Adjectives | ambiguous | having more than one possible meaning / meaning |
| ambiguous | open to two or more interpretations | |
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