HOW TO PRONOUNCE
ambiguity
/ˌæmbɪɡˈjuəti/
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Stress “gu,” with the sound of “gyoo.”
Keep the hard g followed by y before the strong oo, then let the final two syllables stay light.
5 syllables · Stress on syllable 3
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“The revision removes an ambiguity.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does ambiguity mean?
noun
- The state of being ambiguous; the state of leaving room for more than one interpretation.
- An instance of this state: words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from the context.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌæmbɪɡˈjuəti/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Other dictionary pronunciations
/æm.bɪˈɡju.ɪ.ti//æm.bɪˈɡju.ə.ti/
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His growing sense of this ambiguity made him less swift to condemn, but no less stimulating in counsel.
Yet its memory was replete with horror—horror more horrible from being vague, and terror more terrible from ambiguity.
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The error of confusion Mill reduces especially to the unclear representation of what proof is, i.e., to the ambiguity of words.
The imperfection of Words is the Doubtfulness or ambiguity of their Signification, which is caused by the sort of ideas they stand for.
It was as if a sudden illumination had been flashed upon the ambiguity of Daisy’s behavior, and the riddle had become easy to read.