- 1. a. Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression. Source: opted
- 2. adj. open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead Source: wordnet
- 3. adj. having more than one possible meaning Source: wordnet
- 4. adj. having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns Source: wordnet
- 5. Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression. What have been thy answers What but dark, Ambiguous, and with double sense deluding Milton. Syn. -- Doubtful; dubious; uncertain; unsettled; indistinct; indeterminate; indefinite. See Equivocal. Source: webster
- 6. Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect tosignification; capable of being understood in either of two or morepossible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguousexpression.What have been thy answers What but dark, Ambiguous, and with doublesense deluding Milton. Source: adambom
- 7. j:100 a. having more than one possible meaning s. having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns Source: ecdict
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