English-Thai Dictionary

ambiguity

N ข้อ ความกำกวม  ข้อ ความคลุมเครือ  kho-khwam-kam-kuam

 

ambiguity

N ความกำกวม  ความ เคลือบคลุม  ความ น่าสงสัย  การ ตีความหมาย ได้ หลายอย่าง  vagueness incertitude double meaning khwam-kam-kuam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AMBIGUITY

n.[L. ambiguitas, from ambigo.] Doubtfulness or uncertainty of signification, from a word's being susceptible of different meanings; double meaning.
Words should be used which admit of no ambiguity.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AMBIGUITY

Am `bi *gu "i *ty, n.; pl. Ambiguities. Etym: [L. ambiguitas, fr. ambiguus: cf. F. ambiguité.]

 

Defn: The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising from its admitting of more than one meaning; an equivocal word or expression. No shadow of ambiguity can rest upon the course to be pursued. I. Taylor. The words are of single signification, without any ambiguity. South.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ambiguity

am bi gu i ty |ˌambiˈgyo͞o -itē æmbɪˈɡjuːəti | ▶noun ( pl. ambiguities ) uncertainty or inexactness of meaning in language: we can detect no ambiguity in this section of the Act | ambiguities in such questions are potentially very dangerous. • a lack of decisiveness or commitment resulting from a failure to make a choice between alternatives: the film is fraught with moral ambiguity. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French ambiguite or Latin ambiguitas, from ambiguus ‘doubtful ’ (see ambiguous ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

ambiguity

ambiguity |ambɪˈgjuːɪti | ▶noun ( pl. ambiguities ) [ mass noun ] the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness: we can detect no ambiguity in this section of the Act | [ count noun ] : ambiguities in such questions are potentially very dangerous. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French ambiguite or Latin ambiguitas, from ambiguus ‘doubtful ’ (see ambiguous ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

ambiguity

ambiguity noun the ambiguity of the rule made it impossible to follow: vagueness, obscurity, abstruseness, doubtfulness, uncertainty; formal dubiety; ambivalence, equivocation, double meaning.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

ambiguity

ambiguity noun the plot revolves around the ambiguity in the title: ambivalence, equivocation; obscurity, vagueness, abstruseness, doubtfulness, uncertainty; puzzle, enigma; archaic equivocacy; rare dubiety; (ambiguities ) doublespeak, double-talk. ANTONYMS unambiguousness, transparency.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ambiguity

am bi gu i ty /æ̀mbɪɡjú (ː )əti /名詞 複 -ties 1 U 両義性 ; 多義性 ; あいまいさ .2 C あいまいな表現 .