| slovo | definícia |
ambiguous
(encz) | ambiguous,dvojsmyslný adj: |
ambiguous
(encz) | ambiguous,dvojznačný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
ambiguous
(encz) | ambiguous,dvouznačný adj: |
ambiguous
(encz) | ambiguous,mnohoznačný adj: |
ambiguous
(encz) | ambiguous,nejasný adj: |
ambiguous
(encz) | ambiguous,nejednoznačný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
ambiguous
(encz) | ambiguous,víceznačný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Ambiguous
(gcide) | Ambiguous \Am*big"u*ous\, a. [L. ambiguus, fr. ambigere to
wander about, waver; amb- + agere to drive.]
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.
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What have been thy answers? What but dark,
Ambiguous, and with double sense deluding? --Milton.
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Syn: Doubtful; dubious; uncertain; unsettled; indistinct;
indeterminate; indefinite. See Equivocal.
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ambiguous
(wn) | ambiguous
adj 1: open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain
nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead;
"an equivocal statement"; "the polling had a complex and
equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female
candidates"; "the officer's equivocal behavior increased
the victim's uneasiness"; "popularity is an equivocal
crown"; "an equivocal response to an embarrassing
question" [syn: equivocal, ambiguous] [ant:
unambiguous, unequivocal, univocal]
2: having more than one possible meaning; "ambiguous words";
"frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were
unable to assemble the toy" [ant: unambiguous]
3: having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in
conventional patterns; "an ambiguous situation with no frame
of reference"; "ambiguous inkblots" |
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unambiguous
(mass) | unambiguous
- nedvojzmyselný, jednoznačný |
ambiguously
(encz) | ambiguously,dvouznačně adv: |
unambiguous
(encz) | unambiguous,jednoznačný adj: unambiguous,nedvojsmyslný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
unambiguously
(encz) | unambiguously,jednoznačně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Ambiguous
(gcide) | Ambiguous \Am*big"u*ous\, a. [L. ambiguus, fr. ambigere to
wander about, waver; amb- + agere to drive.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
What have been thy answers? What but dark,
Ambiguous, and with double sense deluding? --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Doubtful; dubious; uncertain; unsettled; indistinct;
indeterminate; indefinite. See Equivocal.
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Ambiguously
(gcide) | Ambiguously \Am*big"u*ous*ly\, adv.
In an ambiguous manner; with doubtful meaning.
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Ambiguousness
(gcide) | Ambiguousness \Am*big"u*ous*ness\, n.
Ambiguity.
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Unambiguous
(gcide) | Unambiguous \Unambiguous\
See ambiguous. |
ambiguously
(wn) | ambiguously
adv 1: in an ambiguous manner; "this letter is worded
ambiguously" [syn: ambiguously, equivocally] [ant:
unambiguously, unequivocally] |
unambiguous
(wn) | unambiguous
adj 1: having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning;
"As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous"-
Mario Vargas Llosa [ant: ambiguous]
2: admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one
meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion;
"unequivocal evidence"; "took an unequivocal position"; "an
unequivocal success"; "an unequivocal promise"; "an
unequivocal (or univocal) statement" [syn: unequivocal,
univocal, unambiguous] [ant: ambiguous, equivocal] |
unambiguously
(wn) | unambiguously
adv 1: in an unambiguous manner; "she stated her intentions
unequivocally" [syn: unambiguously, unequivocally]
[ant: ambiguously, equivocally]
2: so as to be unique; "he could determine uniquely the
properties of the compound" [syn: uniquely,
unambiguously] |
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