🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

모호성

Pronunciation / Transliteration: mohoseong

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Ambiguity/ˌæm.bɪˈɡjuː.ə.ti/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그 계약서에는 약간의 모호성이 있습니다."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.

    "We can detect no ambiguity in this agreement."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin ambiguitas, stemming from ambiguus meaning 'doubtful' or 'going both ways', ultimately from ambigere 'to wander about or argue'. Entering Middle English in the 15th century via Old French, the word has historically evolved to denote a quality of being open to multiple interpretations or lacking distinctness.

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