ambiguity

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English ambiguite, from Old French ambiguite (French ambiguïté), from Latin ambiguitas, equivalent to ambiguous +‎ -ity. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /æm.bɪˈɡjuː.ɪ.ti/, /æm.bɪˈɡjuː.ə.ti/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /æm.bɪˈɡju.ɪ.ti/, [æm.bɪˈɡju.ɪ.ɾi], /æm.bɪˈɡju.ə.ti/, [æm.bɪˈɡju.ə.ɾi], (/æ/ raising) [ˌɛəm.bɪˈɡju.ə.ti] (weak vowel merger, US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌæm.bəˈɡju.ə.ti/, [æm.bəˈɡju.ə.ɾi] (General Australian) IPA(key): /æm.bɪˈɡjʉː.ɪ.ti/, [æm.bɪˈɡjʉː.ɪ.ɾi] Hyphenation: am‧bi‧gu‧i‧ty Rhymes: -uːɪti === Noun === ambiguity (countable and uncountable, plural ambiguities) (uncountable) The state of being ambiguous; the state of leaving room for more than one interpretation. (countable) An instance of this state: words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from the context. ==== Synonyms ==== (state of being ambiguous): ambiguousness, imprecision, polysemy weasel word ==== Antonyms ==== unambiguity ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ambiguous ==== Translations ====