"ambiguous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [英語]

IPA: æmˈbɪɡjuəs Forms: more ambiguous, most ambiguous
  1. 複数の解釈が可能なさま。曖昧な、不明確な、紛らわしい、多義的な。
    Sense id: ja-ambiguous-en-adj-YfGxwRjo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ambiguously, ambiguousness, equivocal Related terms: ambiguity, ambiguate, ambiguation, disambiguation
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "unambiguous"
    },
    {
      "word": "precise"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語 国際音声記号あり",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語_ラテン語由来",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語_形容詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "ラテン語ambiguus < ambigere < ambi- + agere"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more ambiguous"
    },
    {
      "form": "most ambiguous"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "英語",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "形容詞",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ambiguity"
    },
    {
      "word": "ambiguate"
    },
    {
      "word": "ambiguation"
    },
    {
      "word": "disambiguation"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "(\"Law\". The New Student's Reference Work.)〔1914年〕 Beach, Chandler Belden; McMurry, Frank Morton (ed.). (1914). \"Law\". The New Student's Reference Work. Volume III. Chicago : F. E. Compton and company. p. 1037. https://archive.org/details/newstudentsrefer03beaciala",
          "text": "Law is a term of somewhat ambiguous. One may speak of a law of nature, of a moral law or of the law of state.",
          "translation": "法という語は、いくぶん多義的な言葉である。それは、自然法について語っているのかもしれないし、道徳律について語っているのかもしれないし、国家法について語っているのかもしれない。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "複数の解釈が可能なさま。曖昧な、不明確な、紛らわしい、多義的な。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-ambiguous-en-adj-YfGxwRjo",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "紛",
          "まぎ"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "æmˈbɪɡjuəs"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ambiguously"
    },
    {
      "word": "ambiguousness"
    },
    {
      "word": "equivocal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ambiguous"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "unambiguous"
    },
    {
      "word": "precise"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "英語",
    "英語 国際音声記号あり",
    "英語_ラテン語由来",
    "英語_形容詞"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "ラテン語ambiguus < ambigere < ambi- + agere"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more ambiguous"
    },
    {
      "form": "most ambiguous"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "英語",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "形容詞",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ambiguity"
    },
    {
      "word": "ambiguate"
    },
    {
      "word": "ambiguation"
    },
    {
      "word": "disambiguation"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "(\"Law\". The New Student's Reference Work.)〔1914年〕 Beach, Chandler Belden; McMurry, Frank Morton (ed.). (1914). \"Law\". The New Student's Reference Work. Volume III. Chicago : F. E. Compton and company. p. 1037. https://archive.org/details/newstudentsrefer03beaciala",
          "text": "Law is a term of somewhat ambiguous. One may speak of a law of nature, of a moral law or of the law of state.",
          "translation": "法という語は、いくぶん多義的な言葉である。それは、自然法について語っているのかもしれないし、道徳律について語っているのかもしれないし、国家法について語っているのかもしれない。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "複数の解釈が可能なさま。曖昧な、不明確な、紛らわしい、多義的な。"
      ],
      "ruby": [
        [
          "紛",
          "まぎ"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "æmˈbɪɡjuəs"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ambiguously"
    },
    {
      "word": "ambiguousness"
    },
    {
      "word": "equivocal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ambiguous"
}

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