Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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lexical ambiguity | Yes | No | No | No |
ambiguity | Yes | No | No | No |
lexical ambiguity (noun) | ambiguity (noun) |
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the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings | unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning |
an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context |