ambiguous

== English == === Etymology === From Latin ambiguus (“moving from side to side, of doubtful nature”), from ambigere (“to go about, wander, doubt”), from ambi- (“around, about, on both sides”) + agere (“to drive, move”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /æmˈbɪɡ.ju.əs/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /æmˈbɪɡ.ju.əs/, [ɛəmˈbɪɡ.ju.əs] (General Australian) IPA(key): /æmˈbɪɡ.jʉ.əs/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ɛmˈbəɡ.jʉ.əs/ Rhymes: -ɪɡjuəs Hyphenation: am‧bi‧gu‧ous === Adjective === ambiguous (comparative more ambiguous, superlative most ambiguous) Open to multiple interpretations. Synonyms: equivocal, unclear; see also Thesaurus:vague Antonyms: unambiguous, clear (obsolete, of a person) Hesitant; uncertain; not taking sides. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== contradictory mistakable confusing ==== Further reading ==== “ambiguous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “ambiguous”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === References === John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “ambiguous”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.