ambiguity

1. An expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context (synset 106616672)
   is a type of: expression, locution, saying - a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
   subtypes:

   • loophole - an ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation
   • amphibology, amphiboly - an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes
   • parisology - the use of ambiguous words
   • double entendre - an ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate
2. Unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning (synset 104832345)
   is a type of: unclearness - incomprehensibility as a result of not being clear
   subtypes:

   • equivocation, evasiveness, prevarication - intentionally vague or ambiguous
   • lexical ambiguity, polysemy - the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings
   • no man's land, twilight zone - the ambiguous region between two categories or states or conditions (usually containing some features of both)
   same as: equivocalness

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