Associations to the word «Ambiguity»

Wiktionary

AMBIGUITY, noun. (countable) Something, particularly words and sentences, that is open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, if that meaning etc cannot be determined from its context.
AMBIGUITY, noun. (uncountable) The state of being ambiguous.

Dictionary definition

AMBIGUITY, noun. An expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context.
AMBIGUITY, noun. Unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky