what doe's ambiguous mean?

Answer 1

It's nice to know how many people can cut and paste answers. Ambiguous means it has two possible meanings. In language here is an ambiguous sentence:

I like flying airplanes

I can mean either 1) I like to fly airplanes, or 2) I like airplanes that fly.

"Ambiguous" does NOT mean "unclear"--it means "having two meanings"

Answer 2

ambiguous |amˈbigyoōəs| adjective (of language) open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning : the question is rather ambiguous | ambiguous phrases. See note at doubtful . • unclear or inexact because a choice between alternatives has not been made : this whole society is morally ambiguous | the election result was ambiguous. DERIVATIVES ambiguously adverb ORIGIN early 16th cent.(in the sense [indistinct, obscure] ): from Latin ambiguus ‘doubtful’ (from ambigere ‘waver, go around,’ from ambi- ‘both ways’ + agere ‘to drive’ ) + -ous .

Answer 3

Ambiguous means what you hear or see can have two or more conflicting meanings or interpretations.
Example: when a grown-up male displays obvious and exaggerate signs of affection for children he's not acquainted with in absence of their parents, it could be that,
1. he's genuinely affectionate,
2. he's driven by less-than-good motives, like pedophilia, or even worse,
Therefore, this is considered an ambiguous attitude.
Hope that helps. Merry Xmas

Answer 4

The prefix ambi- means both, like in ambidextrous which means that you are able to use your left and right hand with near equal ability. Similarly, when something is ambiguous, it can be interpreted in more than one way and is not specific in meaning.

Answer 5

Main Entry: am·big·u·ous
Function: adjective
Pronunciation: am-'bi-gy&-w&s
Etymology: Latin ambiguus, from ambigere to be undecided, from ambi- + agere to drive -- more at AGENT
1 a : doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness b : INEXPLICABLE
2 : capable of being understood in two or more possible senses or ways
synonym see OBSCURE
- am·big·u·ous·ly adverb
- am·big·u·ous·ness noun

Answer 6

hi there,
here's your definition
Main Entry: am·big·u·ous
Function: adjective
Pronunciation: am-'bi-gy&-w&s
Etymology: Latin ambiguus, from ambigere to be undecided, from ambi- + agere to drive -- more at AGENT
1 a : doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness b : INEXPLICABLE
2 : capable of being understood in two or more possible senses or ways
synonym see OBSCURE
- am·big·u·ous·ly adverb
- am·big·u·ous·ness noun

Answer 7

It's mainly a type of music, for example My Chemical Romance is an emo band. It's kind of like "preppy" or "goth", just another label.

Answer 8

means ambigual....heh just kiddin'

if you give a vague answer, that is being ambiguous. Not so much being deceitful, but being mysterious.

Answer 9

1528, from L. ambiguus "having double meaning, shifting, changeable, doubtful," adj. derived from ambigere "to dispute about," lit. "to wander," from ambi- "about" + agere "drive, lead, act" (see act). Sir Thomas More (1528) seems to have first used it in Eng., but ambiguity (from L. ambiguitatem) is first recorded c.1400.

Answer 10

no defination between something. i read something once for a class called ambiguous bodies and it was about people who are born with no defined genitalia