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ambiguous
/æmˈbɪɡ.ju.əs/
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Stress the syllable containing “big.”
Stress BIG. Use the hard g of go, followed by a y-like glide into the next vowel.
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“An ambiguous instruction.”
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Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗What does ambiguous mean?
adjective
- Open to multiple interpretations.
More meanings (1)
adjective
- (obsolete) Hesitant; uncertain; not taking sides.
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IPA pronunciation
/æmˈbɪɡ.ju.əs/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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Thus 'a man' is an ambiguous description, and 'the man with the iron mask' is a definite description.
The rank, wealth, and eminent character of the deceased must have insured the strictest scrutiny into every ambiguous circumstance.
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And she smiled at him with a grace that might have reassured him, if he had thought her compliment ambiguous.
I may therefore indulge in language which may seem to others indirect and ambiguous, and yet be quite well understood by yourself.
Thirdly, the phrase "jusques a son absentement" is hopelessly ambiguous, and may as well refer to Pierre du Lis himself as to his sister.