Ambiguity

//æm.bɪˈɡjuː.ɪ.ti//

Synonyms for "ambiguity" (103 found)

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Closest matches (21)

Noun(1 words)
ambiguousness

Strong matches (31)

Related words (51)

Noun(2 words)
polysemyweasel word

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9 relation types

More general

4 entries

Antonyms

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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derived

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derived from

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distinct from

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is a

3 entries

related to

6 entries

Translations

77 translations across 41 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • dubbelsinnigheid noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἀμφιβολία noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Arabic

2 entries
  • إِبْهَام noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)
  • اِلْتِبَاس noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Armenian

3 entries
  • անորոշություն noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)
  • երկդիմություն noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)
  • երկիմաստություն noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Asturian

1 entries
  • ambigüedá noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Catalan

1 entries
  • ambigüitat noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 有歧義的詞句 /有歧义的词句 noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)
  • 模棱兩可的詞句 /模棱两可的词句 noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)
  • 雙關語 /双关语 noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Czech

2 entries
  • dvojsmysl noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)
  • mnohoznačnost noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Danish

1 entries
  • tvetydighed noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Dutch

2 entries
  • ambiguïteit noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)
  • dubbelzinnigheid noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • ambiguo noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)
  • dusencaĵo noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Finnish

3 entries
  • ambiguiteetti noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)
  • monimerkityksisyys noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)
  • monitulkintaisuus noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

French

1 entries
  • ambiguïté noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Galician

1 entries
  • ambigüidade noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Georgian

2 entries
  • გაურკვევლობა noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)
  • ორაზროვნება noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

German

4 entries
  • Ambiguität noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)
  • Ambivalenz noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)
  • Doppelbödigkeit noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)
  • Doppeldeutigkeit noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Greek

2 entries
  • αμφισημία noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)
  • ασάφεια noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • félreérthetőség noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)
  • kétértelműség noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kedwimaknaan noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Italian

2 entries
  • ambiguità noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)
  • dubbio noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ភាពមិនច្បាស់លាស់ noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Korean

1 entries
  • 애매모호 noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Latin

1 entries
  • ambiguitas noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Ambiguitéit noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • двосми́сленост noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)
  • не́јасност noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)
  • недозначност noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • тодорхой бус байдал noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • tvetydighet noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Persian

1 entries
  • گنگی noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Polish

1 entries
  • wieloznaczność noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • ambiguidade noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Romanian

1 entries
  • ambiguitate noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Russian

2 entries
  • двусмы́сленность noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)
  • нея́сность noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • dà-sheaghachas noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • ambigvitet noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)
  • dvosmislenost noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)
  • višeznačnost noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)
  • амбигвитет noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Spanish

1 entries
  • ambigüedad noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Swedish

1 entries
  • tvetydighet noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Thai

1 entries
  • ความกำกวม noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Turkish

2 entries
  • ikircim noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)
  • muğlâklık noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • двозна́чність noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)
  • неоднозна́чність noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)
  • нея́сність noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • sự mơ hồ noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)
  • sự tối nghĩa noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Welsh

1 entries
  • amwysedd noun (something liable to more than one interpretation)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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There is just so much beauty in ambiguity!

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Sometimes translations do create ambiguity.

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Life is full of ambiguity.

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In English there is a choice between closed and open punctuation; in the former, the writer uses all punctuation that can legitimately be used, whereas in the latter the writer leaves out all punctuation that can be left out without creating ambiguity.

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