The lexical disambiguation relies on looking ahead to identify possible senses.
Source: wiktionary
Disambiguation
//dɪsæmˌbɪɡjuːˈeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "disambiguation" (4 found)
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Related words (2)
Noun(2 words)
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1 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
39 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَوْضِيح noun (removal of ambiguity)
Catalan
1 entries- desambiguació noun (removal of ambiguity)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 澄清 noun (removal of ambiguity)
- 解疑 noun (removal of ambiguity)
Czech
2 entries- desambiguace noun (removal of ambiguity)
- zjednoznačnění noun (removal of ambiguity)
Dutch
1 entries- desambiguatie noun (removal of ambiguity)
Estonian
1 entries- ühestamine noun (removal of ambiguity)
Finnish
3 entries- selventäminen noun (removal of ambiguity)
- täsmentäminen noun (removal of ambiguity)
- yksiselitteistäminen noun (removal of ambiguity)
French
2 entries- désambiguïsation noun (removal of ambiguity)
- homonymie noun (removal of ambiguity)
Georgian
4 entries- არაერთმნიშვნელობის აღმოფხვრა noun (removal of ambiguity)
- გაურკვევლობის აღმოფხვრა noun (removal of ambiguity)
- გაურკვევლობის გადაწყვეტა noun (removal of ambiguity)
- ორაზროვნების აღმოფხვრა noun (removal of ambiguity)
German
2 entries- Begriffsklärung noun (removal of ambiguity)
- Disambiguation noun (removal of ambiguity)
Greek
1 entries- αποσαφήνιση noun (removal of ambiguity)
Hungarian
1 entries- egyértelműsítés noun (removal of ambiguity)
Italian
1 entries- disambiguazione noun (removal of ambiguity)
Japanese
1 entries- 曖昧さ回避 noun (removal of ambiguity)
Malay
1 entries- nyahkekaburan noun (removal of ambiguity)
Navajo
1 entries- ałtsʼáʼáztiin noun (removal of ambiguity)
Persian
1 entries- ابهامزدایی noun (removal of ambiguity)
Polish
1 entries- ujednoznacznienie noun (removal of ambiguity)
Portuguese
2 entries- desambiguação noun (removal of ambiguity)
- desambiguização noun (removal of ambiguity)
Romanian
1 entries- dezambiguizare noun (removal of ambiguity)
Russian
2 entries- дизамбигуа́ция noun (removal of ambiguity)
- различение noun (removal of ambiguity)
Scots
1 entries- disambiguation noun (removal of ambiguity)
Spanish
1 entries- desambiguación noun (removal of ambiguity)
Tagalog
1 entries- pagpapalinaw noun (removal of ambiguity)
Turkish
1 entries- anlam ayrımı noun (removal of ambiguity)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Disambiguation — where it is to fix the sense of an ambiguous term. This operation has been termed distinction by some Logicians, and erroneously reckoned as a species of division.
Source: wiktionary
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