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Noun Concept

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ambiguity Ambigous Ambiguate Ambiguation ambiguities

An expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context WordNet 3.0

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An expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Ambiguity is the type of meaning in which a phrase, statement, or resolution is not explicitly defined, making several interpretations, others describe it as a concept or statement that has no real reference. Wikipedia

Uncertainty as to intended meaning. It is the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness. Wikipedia Disambiguation

An attribute of any concept, idea, statement or claim whose meaning, intention or interpretation cannot be definitively resolved Wikipedia Disambiguation

Type of uncertainty of meaning in which several interpretations are plausible Wikidata

Something liable to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, if that meaning cannot be determined from its context. OmegaWiki

Something, particularly words and sentences, that is open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, if that meaning etc cannot be determined from its context. Wiktionary

His speech was made with such great ambiguity that neither supporter nor opponent could be certain of his true position. Wiktionary

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