Word Of The Day
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jazzy_daveToday's wonderful word is -
disambiguate
VERB
remove uncertainty of meaning from (an ambiguous sentence, phrase, or other linguistic unit).
"word senses can be disambiguated by examining the context"
What does disambiguate mean?
disambiguation - clarification that follows from the removal of ambiguity. clarification, elucidation, illumination - an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding; "the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook". lexical disambiguation - disambiguation of the sense of a polysemantic word.
disambiguate
VERB
remove uncertainty of meaning from (an ambiguous sentence, phrase, or other linguistic unit).
"word senses can be disambiguated by examining the context"
What does disambiguate mean?
disambiguation - clarification that follows from the removal of ambiguity. clarification, elucidation, illumination - an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding; "the professor's clarification helped her to understand the textbook". lexical disambiguation - disambiguation of the sense of a polysemantic word.
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