ambiguity
/ambɪˈɡjuːɪti/
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American sound/ambɪˈɡjuːɪti/
ambɪˈɡjuːɪti
- Syllables
- 5 syllables
- Stress
- 3rd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final y vowel sound
ambɪ - ˈɡjuːɪti -> ambiguity
Myanmar meaning
(n) အနက် ထွေပြားခြင်း။ လိုသလို ကောက်ယူနိုင်ခြင်း။ အဓိပ္ပါယ် နှစ်ခွထွက်သော စကား။ မရေ ရာခြင်း။ မပြတ်သားခြင်း။
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၁။ (က) [U] အနက် ထွေပြားခြင်း။ လိုသလို ကောက်ယူနိုင်ခြင်း။ the inherent ambiguity of all language ❍ A lot of humour depends on ambiguity. (ခ) [C] အဓိပ္ပာယ် နှစ်ခွထွက်သော စကား။ analyse/remove/resolve the ambiguities in the report.
၂။ [C, U] မရေ ရာခြင်း။ မပြတ်သားခြင်း။ the ambiguities of class ❍ the ambiguity of his mother's attitude.
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Synonyms
vagueness, uncertainty, haziness, doubt, indistinctness, abstruseness, anagram, double meaning, double-entendre, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, enigma, equivocacy, equivocality, equivocation, incertitude, inconclusiveness, indefiniteness, indeterminateness, obscurity, opacity, polysemousness, polysemy, puzzle, tergiversation, unclearness
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vaguenessuncertaintyhazinessdoubtindistinctnessabstrusenessanagramdouble meaningdouble-entendredoubtfulnessdubietydubiousnessenigmaequivocacyequivocalityequivocationincertitudeinconclusivenessindefinitenessindeterminatenessobscurityopacitypolysemousnesspolysemypuzzletergiversationunclearnesscertainty
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