ambiguo

adj.

ambiguous, indefinite, unclear, uncertain.

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ambiguo

► adjetivo

1 ambiguous

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(f. - ambigua)

adj.

ambiguous

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ADJ

1) (=impreciso) ambiguous; (=incierto) doubtful, uncertain; (=equívoco) noncommittal, equivocal

2) * (=bisexual) bisexual

3) (Ling) common

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-gua adjetivo <palabras/respuesta> ambiguous

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= ambiguous, delphic, indeterminate.

Ex. This is true even when a Ruecking algorithm has reduced the search to a seemingly manageable set of ambiguous choices.

Ex. In the article 'Information and social science: the need for onomastics' the special language used by authors in writing up their research is differentiated into cryptic and delphic modes, depending on the ways the terms (names) for new concepts are produced.

Ex. Results from use surveys indicated that stock could be divided into 3 types: live; dead; and indeterminate.

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* palabra ambigua = weasel word.

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-gua adjetivo <palabras/respuesta> ambiguous

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= ambiguous, delphic, indeterminate.

Ex: This is true even when a Ruecking algorithm has reduced the search to a seemingly manageable set of ambiguous choices.

Ex: In the article 'Information and social science: the need for onomastics' the special language used by authors in writing up their research is differentiated into cryptic and delphic modes, depending on the ways the terms (names) for new concepts are produced.

Ex: Results from use surveys indicated that stock could be divided into 3 types: live; dead; and indeterminate.

* palabra ambigua = weasel word.

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ambiguo -gua

adjective

1 ‹palabras/respuesta› ambiguous

2 (Ling):

un sustantivo de género ambiguo a noun that can be masculine or feminine

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ambiguo

◊ -gua adjetivo

ambiguous
ambiguo,-a adjetivo ambiguous

'ambiguo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ambigua
English:
ambiguous
- backhanded
- equivocal

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ambiguo, -a adj

1. [lenguaje, respuesta] ambiguous

2. Ling [sustantivo, género] common;

de género ambiguo that can be either masculine or feminine

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ambiguo

adj ambiguous

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ambiguo, -gua adj

: ambiguous