"ambiguation" meaning in English

See ambiguation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: ambiguations [plural]
Etymology: Stem of ambiguous (from Latin ambiguus) with suffix -ation. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|ambiguus|ambiguus}} Latin ambiguus Head templates: {{en-noun}} ambiguation (plural ambiguations)
  1. act of ambiguating Translations (act of ambiguating): többértelműsítés (Hungarian), ambiguação [feminine] (Portuguese), ambiguização [feminine] (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        [
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "act of ambiguating",
          "word": "többértelműsítés"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "act of ambiguating",
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          ],
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        },
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          "sense": "act of ambiguating",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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        }
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}
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      "word": "disambiguation"
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of ambiguating",
      "word": "többértelműsítés"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of ambiguating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ambiguação"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of ambiguating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ambiguização"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ambiguation"
}

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