ambiguous (a)

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type a
lex_filenum 00
def having more than one possible meaning
examples ambiguous words
frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy
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Also see equivocal, ambiguous; unclear
Derivationally related form ambiguous → ambiguity
Antonym ambiguous → unambiguous
Similar to double-barreled, double-barrelled; double-edged; enigmatic, oracular; left-handed; multivalent, multi-valued; polysemous, polysemantic; uncertain
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Similar to double-barreled, double-barrelled; double-edged; enigmatic, oracular; left-handed; multivalent, multi-valued; polysemous, polysemantic; uncertain
Antonym unambiguous → ambiguous
Also see unclear; equivocal, ambiguous
Derived from adjective ambiguously → ambiguous
Derivationally related form ambiguity → ambiguous

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