ambiguity

am·bi·gu·i·ty  (mb-gy-t)

n. pl. am·bi·gu·i·ties

1. Doubtfulness or uncertainty as regards interpretation: "leading a life of alleged moral ambiguity" (Anatole Broyard).

2. Something of doubtful meaning: a poem full of ambiguities.

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ambiguity [ˌæmbɪˈgjuːɪtɪ]

n pl -ties

1. the possibility of interpreting an expression in two or more distinct ways

2. an instance of this, as in the sentence they are cooking apples

3. vagueness or uncertainty of meaning there are several ambiguities in the situation

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ambiguity - an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context loophole - an ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation amphibology, amphiboly - an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes parisology - the use of ambiguous words double entendre - an ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate locution, saying, expression - a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression"
	2.	ambiguity - unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning equivocalness unclearness - incomprehensibility as a result of not being clear evasiveness, prevarication, equivocation - intentionally vague or ambiguous lexical ambiguity, polysemy - 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 or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both); "but there is still a twilight zone, the tantalizing occurrences that are probably noise but might possibly be a signal"; "in the twilight zone between humor and vulgarity"; "in that no man's land between negotiation and aggression" unambiguity, unequivocalness - clarity achieved by the avoidance of ambiguity

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ambiguity

noun vagueness, doubt, puzzle, uncertainty, obscurity, enigma, equivocation, inconclusiveness, indefiniteness, dubiety, dubiousness, tergiversation, indeterminateness, equivocality, doubtfulness, equivocacy the ambiguities of language

Translations

ambiguity [ˌæmbɪˈgjʊɪtɪ] N (= lack of clarity) → ambigüedad f; [of meaning] → doble sentido m

ambiguity [ˌæmbɪˈgjuːɪti] n → ambiguïté f

ambiguity

n → Zwei- or Doppeldeutigkeit f; (of joke, comment etc) → Zweideutigkeit f; (with many possible meanings) → Mehr- or Vieldeutigkeit f

ambiguity [ˌæmbɪˈgjʊɪtɪ] n → ambiguità f inv