"disambiguate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /dɪ.samˈbɪɡjuːeɪt/ [UK] Forms: disambiguates [present, singular, third-person], disambiguating [participle, present], disambiguated [participle, past], disambiguated [past]
Etymology: From dis- + ambiguate. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|dis|ambiguate}} dis- + ambiguate Head templates: {{en-verb}} disambiguate (third-person singular simple present disambiguates, present participle disambiguating, simple past and past participle disambiguated)
  1. To remove ambiguities from; to make less ambiguous; to clarify or specify which of multiple possibilities applies – e.g., possible meanings of an ambiguous statement – or to invite or require this. Translations (remove ambiguities): desambigueren (Dutch), apartigi (Esperanto), disigi (Esperanto), yksiselitteistää (Finnish), yksikäsitteistää (Finnish), désambiguïser (French), désambigüiser (French), disambiguieren (German), eindeutig machen (German), vereindeutigen (German), αποσαφηνίζω (aposafinízo) (Greek), egyértelműsít (Hungarian), disambiguare (Italian), ujednoznaczniać (Polish), desambiguar (Portuguese), desambiguizar [Portugal] (Portuguese), desambigüizar [Brazil] (Portuguese), desambiguar (Spanish), klargöra (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-disambiguate-en-verb-HGtn2NDn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 68 32 Disambiguation of 'remove ambiguities': 93 7
  2. (linguistics) To distinguish one word or lexical unit (from a different one which has a similar form). Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-disambiguate-en-verb-HIHTLmCw Categories (other): English terms prefixed with dis- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dis-: 39 61 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: disambiguation, disambiguator

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} disambiguate
  1. inflection of disambiguare:
    second-person plural present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, plural, present, second-person
    Sense id: en-disambiguate-it-verb-7FdB8-rE Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 83 12 4
  2. inflection of disambiguare:
    second-person plural imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, second-person
    Sense id: en-disambiguate-it-verb-SrUGRFcx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|past participle form|g=f-p}} disambiguate f pl
  1. feminine plural of disambiguato Tags: feminine, form-of, participle, plural Form of: disambiguato
    Sense id: en-disambiguate-it-verb-WvWDIoCg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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