"ambiguation" meaning in English

See ambiguation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: ambiguations [plural]
Etymology: Stem of ambiguous (Latin: ambiguus) with suffix -ation. Head templates: {{en-noun}} ambiguation (plural ambiguations)
  1. act of ambiguating Translations (act of ambiguating): többértelműsítés (Hungarian), ambiguação [feminine] (Portuguese), ambiguização [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-ambiguation-en-noun-U05N9J8Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "word": "disambiguation"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Stem of ambiguous (Latin: ambiguus) with suffix -ation.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ambiguations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "ambiguation (plural ambiguations)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "parents": [
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        "act of ambiguating"
      ],
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        [
          "ambiguating",
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      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "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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    {
      "word": "disambiguation"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Stem of ambiguous (Latin: ambiguus) with suffix -ation.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ambiguations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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      ],
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        "act of ambiguating"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "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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