"unequivocal" meaning in English

See unequivocal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ʌnɪˈkwɪvəkəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌʌnɪˈkwɪvəkəl/ [General-American] Audio: En-US-unequivocal.wav Forms: more unequivocal [comparative], most unequivocal [superlative]
enPR: ŭn'ĭ-kwĭvʹə-kəl [General-American] Rhymes: -ɪvəkəl Etymology: From un- + equivocal. Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|equivocal|id1=negative}} un- + equivocal Head templates: {{en-adj}} unequivocal (comparative more unequivocal, superlative most unequivocal)
  1. Unambiguous; without equivocation or ambiguity; singularly clear, unmistakable, or unquestionable Synonyms (unambiguous): definite Translations (without ambiguity): недвусмислен (nedvusmislen) (Bulgarian), inequívoc (Catalan), 不含糊 (bù hánhu) (Chinese Mandarin), 明確 (Chinese Mandarin), 明确 (míngquè) (Chinese Mandarin), jednoznačný [masculine] (Czech), utvivlsom (Danish), eenduidig (Dutch), onmiskenbaar (Dutch), niet mis te verstane (Dutch), yksiselitteinen (Finnish), sans équivoque (French), unzweideutig (German), unmissverständlich (German), eindeutig (German), zweifelsfrei (German), unzweifelhaft (German), aufrichtig (German), uneingeschränkt (German), σαφής (safís) [masculine] (Greek), ξεκάθαρος (xekátharos) [masculine] (Greek), ρητός (ritós) [masculine] (Greek), egyértelmű (Hungarian), aonchiallach (Irish), inequivocabile (Italian), 明確な (meikaku na) (alt: めいかくな) (Japanese), 一義的 (ichigiteki) (Japanese), недвосмислен (nedvosmislen) [masculine] (Macedonian), utvilsom (Norwegian), بی همتا (Persian), jednoznaczny, niedwuznaczny, bezsprzeczny (Polish), inequívoco (Portuguese), недвусмы́сленный (nedvusmýslennyj) (Russian), однозначный (odnoznachnyj) [masculine] (Russian), inequívoco (Spanish), entydig (Swedish), omisskännlig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-unequivocal-en-adj-~xjZZLVr Disambiguation of 'unambiguous': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'without ambiguity': 56 44
  2. (possibly dated) Without equal, matchless. Tags: dated, possibly Translations (without equal): несравним (nesravnim) (Bulgarian), bezkonkurenční (Czech), ongeëvenaard (Dutch), verraton (Finnish), unerreicht (German), unvergleichlich (German), senza eguali (Italian), беспримерен (besprimeren) [masculine] (Macedonian), صریح (Persian), sem igual (Portuguese), bez premca (Serbo-Croatian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: unambiguous, univocal, explicit, unæquivocal [rare] Derived forms: unequivocality, unequivocally, unequivocalness

Alternative forms

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  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "unequivocality"
    },
    {
      "word": "unequivocally"
    },
    {
      "word": "unequivocalness"
    }
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        "2": "un-",
        "3": "equivocal",
        "id1": "negative"
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From un- + equivocal.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more unequivocal",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most unequivocal",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "unequivocal (comparative more unequivocal, superlative most unequivocal)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "un‧equiv‧o‧cal"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "I want you to give me an unequivocal guarantee on that.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1861, John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism:",
          "text": "There exists no moral system under which there do not arise unequivocal cases of conflicting obligation.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, M.A. Hayat, Tumors of the Central Nervous System, volume 5:",
          "text": "Finally, in order to construct an integrated picture of genetic alterations in GBMs, the unequivocal alterations were mapped onto known gliomagenic pathways.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Unambiguous; without equivocation or ambiguity; singularly clear, unmistakable, or unquestionable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Unambiguous",
          "unambiguous"
        ],
        [
          "equivocation",
          "equivocation"
        ],
        [
          "ambiguity",
          "ambiguity"
        ],
        [
          "clear",
          "clear"
        ],
        [
          "unmistakable",
          "unmistakable"
        ],
        [
          "unquestionable",
          "unquestionable"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "the unequivocal scope of the Golden Gate Bridge",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Without equal, matchless."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "equal",
          "equal"
        ],
        [
          "matchless",
          "matchless"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(possibly dated) Without equal, matchless."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "possibly"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ʌnɪˈkwɪvəkəl/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ŭn'ĭ-kwĭvʹə-kəl",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌʌnɪˈkwɪvəkəl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪvəkəl"
    },
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    {
      "sense": "unambiguous",
      "word": "definite"
    },
    {
      "word": "unambiguous"
    },
    {
      "word": "univocal"
    },
    {
      "word": "explicit"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "unæquivocal"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nesravnim",
      "sense": "without equal",
      "word": "несравним"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "without equal",
      "word": "bezkonkurenční"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "without equal",
      "word": "ongeëvenaard"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "without equal",
      "word": "verraton"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "without equal",
      "word": "unerreicht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "without equal",
      "word": "unvergleichlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "without equal",
      "word": "senza eguali"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "besprimeren",
      "sense": "without equal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "беспримерен"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "without equal",
      "word": "صریح"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "without equal",
      "word": "sem igual"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "without equal",
      "word": "bez premca"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nedvusmislen",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "word": "недвусмислен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "word": "inequívoc"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bù hánhu",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "word": "不含糊"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "word": "明確"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "míngquè",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "word": "明确"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jednoznačný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "word": "utvivlsom"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "word": "eenduidig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "word": "onmiskenbaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "word": "niet mis te verstane"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "word": "yksiselitteinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "word": "sans équivoque"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "word": "unzweideutig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "word": "unmissverständlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "word": "eindeutig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "word": "zweifelsfrei"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "word": "unzweifelhaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "word": "aufrichtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "word": "uneingeschränkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "safís",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "σαφής"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "xekátharos",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ξεκάθαρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ritós",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ρητός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "word": "egyértelmű"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "word": "aonchiallach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "word": "inequivocabile"
    },
    {
      "alt": "めいかくな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "meikaku na",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "word": "明確な"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ichigiteki",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "word": "一義的"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "nedvosmislen",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "недвосмислен"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "word": "utvilsom"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "word": "بی همتا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "word": "jednoznaczny, niedwuznaczny, bezsprzeczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "word": "inequívoco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nedvusmýslennyj",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "word": "недвусмы́сленный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "odnoznachnyj",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "однозначный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "word": "inequívoco"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "word": "entydig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "without ambiguity",
      "word": "omisskännlig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unequivocal"
}

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