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An ambiguous word has more than one meaning, as such many words in English are ambiguous, but we generally refer to a word being ambiguous when it is ambiguous in a sentence, meaning the word could mean more than one thing even within the context of this particular sentence, rendering the sentence ambiguous, or open to multiple interpretations.
An ambiguous word has more than one meaning, as such many words in English are ambiguous, but we generally refer to a word being ambiguous when it is ambiguous in a sentence, meaning the word could mean more than one thing even within the context of this particular sentence, rendering the sentence ambiguous, or open to multiple interpretations.
When a text is ambiguous the writing can have more than one meaning. Ambiguous is defined as having two or more meanings.
It would be ambiguous.
Some words or phrases are misleading, difficult to understand, and downright ambiguous.
An ambiguous message is one that has an unclear meaning, in that it could be interpreted in more than one way.
An ambiguous response contains a message with more than one meaning. The words are highly abstract or have meanings private to the speaker alone. Example: Speaker A: "How can I be sure you mean it?" Speaker B: "Who knows what anybody really means?"
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True. Ambiguous (from Latin ambiguus "doubtful") means having more than one meaning.
Ambiguous describes feelings or statements that are not clear in meaning. *Alternate meaning is to wander about, doubtful or uncertain. Capable of being understood in two or more possible senses or ways.
All vague expressions are not ambiguous. The meaning of a vague expression may be clearly known, but the specificity is not.
Poems are often ambiguous because they have both literal and figurative meaning