AWL Sublist 8 · Academic Word

ambiguous

/æmˈbɪɡjuəs/ Syllables: am·big·u·ous

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Arabic Translation & Context

Synonyms & Antonyms

Having more than one possible meaning; unclear or open to different interpretations.

Synonyms

unclear equivocal vague

Antonyms

clear explicit

Translations

ambiguous in Arabic

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Arabic Meaning

غامض، مبهم

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Easy Explanation (Arabic)

عندما يكون للشيء أكثر من معنى واحد، أو يكون غير واضح ويصعب فهمه.

Easy Explanation

Ambiguous language has more than one meaning. Philosophers analyse ambiguous terms in legal statutes during seminars on interpretation theory.

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Memory TipAmbi means both — ambiguous points in two directions at once.

Contextual Examples

The questionnaire item was ambiguous, so respondents interpreted the scale in inconsistent ways.

Ambiguous phrasing in the contract created disputes about intellectual property ownership rights.

Statisticians flagged ambiguous labels in the dataset that complicated automated text classification.

Word Families & Pronunciation