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

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates