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AMBIGUITY (Synonyms (doubt, uncertainty, vagueness, anagram, doubtfulness,…
AMBIGUITY
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Collocations
ADJ. possible, potential | moral, sexual
QUANT. degree, element eg. There is a degree of ambiguity in this statement.
VERB + AMBIGUITY lead to Incorrect choice of words leads to ambiguity for the reader. | avoid eg. The document has been carefully written to avoid ambiguity. | reduce | remove, resolve eg. They had to change some of the wording in the document to resolve the ambiguity.
AMBIGUITY + VERB arise, occur eg. Ambiguity arises when students' spoken English is very limited.
PREP. ~ about eg. There will always be some ambiguity about what actually happened. | ~ in eg. There was some ambiguity in what he said.
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Etymology
It might not be immediately clear (unless you are fluent in Latin) how ambiguity ("uncertainty") and ambidextrous ("using both hands with equal ease") are connected, aside from the fact that they both begin with the same four letters.
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