ambiguity

ambiguïté

Fait de pouvoir avoir plusieurs sens ou de manquer de clarté.

En anglais simple : The quality of having more than one possible meaning or being unclear.

• Clear instructions prevent ambiguity.
• His answer left room for ambiguity.
• The poem gains power from its ambiguity.

Comment l'utiliser : ambiguity about something (There is still ambiguity about who owns the land.)

Synonymes : uncertainty, vagueness

Contraires : clarity

Expressions courantes : avoid ambiguity, without ambiguity, ambiguity about something

ambiguïté

Mot ou phrase que l’on peut comprendre de plusieurs façons.

En anglais simple : A word or statement that can be understood in more than one way.

• This sentence contains an ambiguity.
• We found several ambiguities in the contract.
• Can you remove this ambiguity from the instructions?

Comment l'utiliser : ambiguity in something (There is an ambiguity in the final sentence.)

Expressions courantes : an ambiguity, resolve an ambiguity, ambiguity in something