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ambiguity (Collocations (verb + ambiguity (lead to ambiguity, to avoid…
ambiguity
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Definiton
- doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention
- an unclear, indefinite, or equivocal word, expression, meaning, etc.
- the possibility of interpreting an expression in two or more distinct ways
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Used in sentence:
There is some ambiguity in the Bible story, and it has been interpreted in different ways.
Let me say this, to avoid any ambiguity, - I am not leaving the school.
Be as precise as possible in your answer, so that there is no ambiguity.
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Word origin
Ambiguity (and ambiguous) comes from the Latin ambiguus, which was formed by combining ambi- (meaning "both") and agere ("to drive"). It carries the meaning of "both" in its history with the sense of "both meanings".
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