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"text": "His speech was made with such great ambiguity that neither supporter nor opponent could be certain of his true position.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1513, Henry Bradshaw, edited by Edward Hawkins, The Holy Lyfe and History of Saynt Werburge: Very Frutefull for All Christen People to Rede (Remains Historical & Literary Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester Published by The Chetham Society; volume XV), […] The Chetham Society, published 1848:",
"text": "Whan this ſayd monument diſcouered was / Suche a ſuauite and fragrant odoure / Aſcended from the corps by ſingular grace / Paſſyng all worldly ſwetnes and ſauour / That all there present that day and hour / Suppoſed they had ben / in the felicite / Of erthely paradiſe / without ambiguite.",
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}
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],
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"sense": "state of being ambiguous",
"word": "ambiguousness"
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{
"_dis1": "90 10",
"sense": "state of being ambiguous",
"word": "imprecision"
},
{
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"sense": "state of being ambiguous",
"word": "polysemy"
}
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"ref": "2024, Geoffrey K. Pullum, The Truth About English Grammar, Polity Press, →ISBN, page 96:",
"text": "For people who would rather face a plague of locusts than permit an avoidable ambiguity, this is like having their underwear twisted. You may think we should say to such people, “Get a life.” By all means tell them that. I’m neither making these rules up nor trying to enforce them; my job in this book is to point out to you what seems to be the current state of the language and its speakers.\"",
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[
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[
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[
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[
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "dubbelsinnigheid"
},
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "iltibās",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "اِلْتِبَاس"
},
{
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"roman": "ʔibhām",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "إِبْهَام"
},
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "erkimastutʻyun",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "երկիմաստություն"
},
{
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"roman": "anorošutʻyun",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "անորոշություն"
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"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "երկդիմություն"
},
{
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"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ambigüedá"
},
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ambigüitat"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "móléngliǎngkě de cíjù",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "模棱兩可的詞句 /模棱两可的词句"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǒu qíyì de cíjù",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "有歧義的詞句 /有歧义的词句"
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"english": "ambiguous words/phrases",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shuāngguānyǔ",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "雙關語 /双关语"
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"tags": [
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{
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"word": "გაურკვევლობა"
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"roman": "orazrovneba",
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"word": "ორაზროვნება"
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{
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"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "Ambiguität"
},
{
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"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
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},
{
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"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
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],
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{
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"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
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{
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"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
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"word": "Uneindeutigkeit"
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{
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"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
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"word": "Polysemie"
},
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"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "Ambivalenz"
},
{
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"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "asáfeia",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ασάφεια"
},
{
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"code": "grc",
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"roman": "amphibolía",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ἀμφιβολία"
},
{
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"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "kétértelműség"
},
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"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "félreérthetőség"
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "kedwimaknaan"
},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ambiguità"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 93",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dubbio"
},
{
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"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "phiəpmɨncbahlŏəh",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "ភាពមិនច្បាស់លាស់"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 93",
"alt": "曖昧模糊",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "aemaemoho",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "애매모호"
},
{
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ambiguitas"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 93",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ambiguitéit"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 93",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dvosmíslenost",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "двосми́сленост"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 93",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "néjasnost",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "не́јасност"
},
{
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nedoznačnost",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "недозначност"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 93",
"code": "mn",
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"roman": "aemaemoho",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "tvetydighet"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "gongi",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "گنگی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "wieloznaczność"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ambiguidade"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ambiguitate"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dvusmýslennostʹ",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "двусмы́сленность"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nejásnostʹ",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "нея́сность"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dà-sheaghachas"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "амбигвитет"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "вишезначност"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "двосмисленост"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "ambigvitet"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "višeznačnost"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "dvosmislenost"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ambigüedad"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "tvetydighet"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kwaam gamguam",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "ความกำกวม"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"english": "archaic or juristic",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "muğlâklık"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "ikircim"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dvoznáčnistʹ",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "двозна́чність"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "neodnoznáčnistʹ",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "неоднозна́чність"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nejásnistʹ",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "нея́сність"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "sự tối nghĩa"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"word": "sự mơ hồ"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "something liable to more than one interpretation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "amwysedd"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"ambiguity"
],
"word": "ambiguity"
}
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