disambiguate
pronunciation
How to pronounce disambiguate in British English:
UK [ˌdɪsæmˈbɪgjueɪt]
How to pronounce disambiguate in American English:
US [ˌdɪsæmˈbɪɡjuˌet]
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- Verb:
- state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from
Word Origin
- disambiguate (v.)
- 1963, back-formation from disambiguation. Related: Disambiguated; disambiguating.
Example
- 1. Can you disambiguate this statement ?
- 2. One reason is to disambiguate homophones .
- 3. It may be possible to disambiguate by using fully qualified names .
- 4. Have created a system that is able to disambiguate authors .
- 5. They " disambiguate " the numbers together .