unambiguous

unambiguous
[[t]ʌ̱næmbɪ̱gjuəs[/t]]
ADJ-GRADED
If you describe a message or comment as unambiguous, you mean that it is clear and cannot be understood wrongly.

...an election result that sent the party an unambiguous message...

The close-up photography and commentary are clear and unambiguous.

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unambiguously ADV-GRADED usu ADV with v, also ADV adj

He has failed to dissociate himself clearly and unambiguously from the attack.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • unambiguous — I adjective apertus, articulate, certain, clarus, clear, clear cut, clearly defined, comprehensible, defined, definite, definitus, distinct, distinguishable, evident, exact, explicit, express, intelligible, lucid, not vague, obvious, perspicuous …   Law dictionary

  • unambiguous — (adj.) 1630s, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + AMBIGUOUS (Cf. ambiguous). Related: Unambiguously …   Etymology dictionary

  • unambiguous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ without ambiguity. DERIVATIVES unambiguously adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • unambiguous — [spelling only] …   English World dictionary

  • unambiguous — adjective a statement, instruction etc that is unambiguous is clear and easy to understand because it can only mean one thing: a brief, unambiguous description of the problem unambiguously adverb …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • unambiguous — adjective Date: 1743 not ambiguous ; clear, precise < unambiguous evidence > • unambiguously adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • unambiguous — adj. Unambiguous is used with these nouns: ↑definition, ↑evidence, ↑message …   Collocations dictionary

  • unambiguous — un|am|big|u|ous [ˌʌnæmˈbıgjuəs] adj a statement, instruction etc that is unambiguous is clear and easy to understand because it can only mean one thing >unambiguously adv …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • unambiguous — un|am|big|u|ous [ ,ʌnæm bıgjuəs ] adjective clear and with only one possible meaning: an explicit and unambiguous declaration of intent ╾ un|am|big|u|ous|ly adverb …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • unambiguous — UK [ˌʌnæmˈbɪɡjʊəs] / US adjective clear and with only one possible meaning an explicit and unambiguous declaration of intent Derived word: unambiguously adverb …   English dictionary

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