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Noun: ambiguity  `am-bu'gyoo-i-tee
  1. An expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context
     
  2. Unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
    - equivocalness

Derived forms: ambiguities

See also: ambiguous

Type of: expression, locution, saying, unclearness

Antonym: unambiguity

Encyclopedia: Ambiguity

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