AmbiguityWordNet Explorer

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noun

unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning

Words in this synset: equivocalness
noun

incomprehensibility as a result of not being clear

noun

intentionally vague or ambiguous

noun

the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings

noun

the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both)

noun

a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations

noun

an ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation

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an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes

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