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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
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"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
        [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Ambiguous:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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