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The removal of ambiguity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- The lexical disambiguation relies on looking ahead to identify possible senses.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A page on a wiki containing links to two or more topics with the same name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: wiki jargon
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
clarification that follows from the removal of ambiguity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: clarification, elucidation, illumination
Narrower terms: lexical disambiguation
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Proto-Indo-European *h2ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h2énts? Proto-Indo-European *h2m̥bhíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *h2eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h2éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin ambig(ō) Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Italic *-wos Latin -uus Latin ambiguuslbor. English ambigu(ous) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English ambiguation English disambiguation From dis- + ambiguation.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
تَوْضِيح
(tawḍīḥ)
— removal of ambiguity
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Catalan:
desambiguació
— removal of ambiguity
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Chinese Mandarin:
解疑
(jiěyí)
— removal of ambiguity
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Chinese Mandarin:
澄清
(chéngqīng)
— removal of ambiguity
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Czech:
zjednoznačnění
— removal of ambiguity
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Czech:
desambiguace
— removal of ambiguity
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Dutch:
desambiguatie
— removal of ambiguity
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Estonian:
ühestamine
— removal of ambiguity
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Finnish:
selventäminen
— removal of ambiguity
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Finnish:
täsmentäminen
— removal of ambiguity
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Finnish:
yksiselitteistäminen
— removal of ambiguity
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French:
désambiguïsation
— removal of ambiguity
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French:
homonymie
— removal of ambiguity
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Georgian:
გაურკვევლობის გადაწყვეტა
(gaurḳvevlobis gadac̣q̇veṭa)
— removal of ambiguity
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Georgian:
გაურკვევლობის აღმოფხვრა
(gaurḳvevlobis aɣmopxvra)
— removal of ambiguity
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Georgian:
ორაზროვნების გაუქმება
(orazrovnebis gaukmeba)
— removal of ambiguity
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Georgian:
ორაზროვნების მოხსნა
(orazrovnebis moxsna)
— removal of ambiguity
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Georgian:
ორაზროვნების დაზუსტება
(orazrovnebis dazusṭeba)
— removal of ambiguity
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Georgian:
ორაზროვნების აღმოფხვრა
(orazrovnebis aɣmopxvra)
— removal of ambiguity
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Georgian:
არაერთმნიშვნელობის აღმოფხვრა
(araertmnišvnelobis aɣmopxvra)
— removal of ambiguity
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German:
Disambiguation
— removal of ambiguity
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German:
Begriffsklärung
— removal of ambiguity
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Greek:
αποσαφήνιση
(aposafínisi)
— removal of ambiguity
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Hungarian:
egyértelműsítés
— removal of ambiguity
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Italian:
disambiguazione
— removal of ambiguity
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Japanese:
曖昧さ回避
(aimaisa kaihi)
— removal of ambiguity
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Malay:
nyahkekaburan
— removal of ambiguity
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Navajo:
ałtsʼáʼáztiin
— removal of ambiguity
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Persian:
ابهامزدایی
— removal of ambiguity
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Polish:
ujednoznacznienie
— removal of ambiguity
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Portuguese:
desambiguação
— removal of ambiguity
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Portuguese:
desambiguização
— removal of ambiguity
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Romanian:
dezambiguizare
— removal of ambiguity
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Russian:
дизамбигуа́ция
(dizambiguácija)
— removal of ambiguity
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Russian:
различение
(različenije)
— removal of ambiguity
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Scots:
disambiguation
— removal of ambiguity
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Spanish:
desambiguación
— removal of ambiguity
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Tagalog:
pagpapalinaw
— removal of ambiguity
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Turkish:
anlam ayrımı
— removal of ambiguity