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noun

ambiguity

CEFR B2

an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context

In a sentence

Six example sentences with ambiguity, each labelled with its topic.

  • The poem's last line is a deliberate ambiguity, and two hundred years of readers have argued over who is speaking.

    Literature

  • He built the whole lecture around one ambiguity in the phrase, showing that both readings survive everything the text says afterward.

    Philosophy

  • The contract contained an ambiguity about who paid for shipping, and neither side could point to anything settling it.

    Law

  • The spec contained an ambiguity about time zones, so two teams built the same feature and got different answers.

    Technology

  • The card's text had an ambiguity about who draws first, and tournament judges ruled it two ways in one weekend.

    Gaming

  • One ambiguity in the memo, whether quarter meant fiscal or calendar, delayed the launch by three full weeks.

    Business

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Each source is a published word list that contains ambiguity. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.

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