ambiguity
- ambiguity
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ certain, possible, potential
▪ The poem contains a certain ambiguity.
▪ moral, sexual
▪ inherent
▪ the inherent ambiguity of language
… OF AMBIGUITY
▪ degree, element
▪ There is a degree of ambiguity in this statement.
VERB + AMBIGUITY
▪ lead to
▪ Incorrect choice of words leads to ambiguity for the reader.
▪ avoid
▪ The document has been carefully written to avoid ambiguity.
▪ clarify, reduce
▪ eliminate, remove, resolve
▪ They had to change some of the wording in the document to resolve the ambiguity.
AMBIGUITY + VERB
▪ arise, occur
▪ Ambiguity arises when students' spoken English is very limited.
▪ surround
▪ the ambiguity surrounding the concept of ‘reality’
PREPOSITION
▪ ambiguity about
▪ There will always be some ambiguity about what actually happened.
▪ ambiguity in
▪ There was some ambiguity in what he said.
PHRASES
▪ a source of ambiguity
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