AMBIGUOUS


Meaning of AMBIGUOUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ æmbɪgjuəs ]

1.

If you describe something as ambiguous , you mean that it is unclear or confusing because it can be understood in more than one way.

This agreement is very ambiguous and open to various interpretations...

= vague

≠ clear

ADJ

• am‧bigu‧ous‧ly

Zaire’s national conference on democracy ended ambiguously.

ADV : usu ADV with v , also ADV adj

2.

If you describe something as ambiguous , you mean that it contains several different ideas or attitudes that do not fit well together.

Students have ambiguous feelings about their role in the world.

ADJ

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