Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with ambiguous in American Collocation
ambiguous
adjective
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
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rather
potentially
rather
slightly
somewhat
Ownership of the rights to such material is somewhat ambiguous.
very
deeply
highly
Society’s attitudes in this regard are highly ambiguous.
intentionally
deliberately
intentionally
The word he chooses here is deliberately ambiguous.
in a particular way
morally
politically
sexually
His characters are often morally ambiguous.
words or language
meaning
phrase
sentence
statement
term
word
wording
What does its ambiguous wording most probably mean?
situation
ending
relationship
situation
status
I’d have preferred a much more ambiguous ending, one in which the future of the world was much more in doubt.
person or character
character
figure
role
Padre Pio is an ambiguous figure in the history of the Church.
information
evidence
findings
results
The results of the survey were ambiguous, and failed to support our original hypothesis.
complex
confusing
contradictory
obscure
uncertain
unclear
vague
He feels that many of their requirements were ambiguous and vague.