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ambiguity

[ am-bi-gyoo-i-tee ]

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noun

plural ambiguities.

doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention:
to speak with ambiguity;
an ambiguity of manner.
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an unclear, indefinite, or equivocal word, expression, meaning, etc.:
a contract free of ambiguities;
the ambiguities of modern poetry.
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ambiguity

/ ˌæ��ɪˈɡ��ːɪ��ɪ /

noun

the possibility of interpreting an expression in two or more distinct ways
an instance of this, as in the sentence they are cooking apples
vagueness or uncertainty of meaning
there are several ambiguities in the situation

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Other Word Forms

�Դǲ�a��·��·��i·�ٲ� noun plural nonambiguities

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ambiguity¹

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English ambiguite, from Latin ��ܾ��, equivalent to ambigu(us) ambiguous ( def ) + -�� -ity ( def )

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As written, the bill still contains a number of ambiguities that don't adequately clarify the requirements to warrant an exception, she said.

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It is ‘Do you know how to apply it in a situation where there’s ambiguity, and determine the correct course of action?’

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But that fact has itself almost disappeared into a bottomless swamp of procedural questions and jurisdictional disputes and supposed contextual ambiguity, while the human being in question remains in ICE custody into the indefinite future.

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As you mentioned, it was that ambiguity with respect to the "effectuate" term that has since been removed from Judge Xinis' order.

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“��’s happened to the movies, which were filled with ambiguity and intimate strangeness a few short years ago, but now are crammed with spaceships and sharks?”

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