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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries曖昧さ
Pronunciation / Transliteration: aimaisa
"彼の発言にはいくつかの曖昧さがあった。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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The quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.
"We can detect no ambiguity in this agreement."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'ambiguitas', stemming from 'ambiguus' (doubtful, shifting, going both ways), from 'ambigere' (to wander about, dispute), combining 'ambi-' (around, on both sides) and 'agere' (to drive or lead). Entering Middle English in the 15th century, the term evolved from denoting a literal wandering of physical path to signifying a semantic state of having multiple possible meanings or interpretations.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Ambiguity" is said worldwide
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ambiguïté
Transliteration: ambiguïté
"Il y a une ambiguïté dans sa déclaration."
Mehrdeutigkeit
Transliteration: Mehrdeutigkeit
"Die Formulierung enthält eine gewisse Mehrdeutigkeit."
ambiguità
Transliteration: ambiguità
"Dobbiamo evitare ogni ambiguità nel contratto."
ambigüedad
Transliteration: ambigüedad
"El contrato está redactado sin ambigüedad."
ambiguidade
Transliteration: ambiguidade
"A frase foi escrita com alguma ambiguidade."
अand स्पष्टता
Transliteration: aspashtata
Script: अस्पष्टता
"इस बात में थोड़ी अस्पष्टता है।"
歧义
Transliteration: qíyì
"这句话存在一些歧义。"
모호성
Transliteration: mohoseong
"그 계약서에는 약간의 모호성이 있습니다."
曖昧さ
Transliteration: aimaisa
"彼の発言にはいくつかの曖昧さがあった。"
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