What does “ambiguous” mean?
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Oh, this is a good one —
"Ambiguous" means something is not clear, and you can understand it in more than one way. Like, you're not sure what it really means.
Imagine your friend says "I'll try to come to your party." Does that mean yes or no? That's ambiguous — you can't tell! Or a boss says "your work is... interesting." Hmm, is that good or bad? So ambiguous!
You can also use it for situations, like "the ending of that movie was really ambiguous — I still don't know if he survived or not."
People also say "ambiguity" (the noun version) when talking about the feeling of not knowing.
So basically — if something leaves you thinking "wait, what does that actually mean?", it's ambiguous. 😄
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