(adj) having more than one possible meaning, Ant.unambiguous, Example: ambiguous words; frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy
(adj) having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns, Example: an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference; ambiguous inkblots
a. [ L. ambiguus, fr. ambigere to wander about, waver; amb- + agere to drive. ] Doubtful or uncertain, particularly in respect to signification; capable of being understood in either of two or more possible senses; equivocal; as, an ambiguous course; an ambiguous expression. [ 1913 Webster ]
What have been thy answers? What but dark, Ambiguous, and with double sense deluding? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
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เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย