"disambiguate" meaning in All languages combined

See disambiguate on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /dɪ.samˈbɪɡjuːeɪt/ [UK]
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) Forms: disambiguates [present, singular, third-person], disambiguating [participle, present], disambiguated [participle, past], disambiguated [past]
  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.
    Sense id: disambiguate-en-verb-HGtn2NDn 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) Disambiguation of 'remove ambiguities': 91 9
  2. (linguistics) To distinguish one word or lexical unit (from a different one which has a similar form).
    Sense id: disambiguate-en-verb-HIHTLmCw Categories (other): English terms prefixed with dis- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dis-: 36 64 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: Tags: form-of, indicative, plural, present, second-person Form of: disambiguare
    Sense id: disambiguate-it-verb-C8pfVVlP
  2. inflection of disambiguare: Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, second-person Form of: disambiguare
    Sense id: disambiguate-it-verb-FOtR2YgJ
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: disambiguate-it-verb-WvWDIoCg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for disambiguate meaning in All languages combined (6.1kB)

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