Subject	Re: ambiguous is unclear
Posted by	got rice? on August 30, 2001 at 7:14 PM
	This message has been viewed 16 times.
In Reply To	ambiguous is unclear (n/m) posted by F8IZHIS on August 30, 2001 at 12:11 PM
Message	ambiguous \Am*big"u*ous\, 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. What have been thy answers? What but dark, Ambiguous, and with double sense deluding? --Milton. Syn: Doubtful; dubious; uncertain; unsettled; indistinct; indeterminate; indefinite. See Equivocal. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. ambiguous adj 1: open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead; "an equivocal statement"; "the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates"; "the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness"; "popularity is an equivocal crown"; "an equivocal response to an embarrassing question" [syn: equivocal] [ant: unequivocal] 2: having more than one possible meaning; "ambiguous words"; "frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy" [ant: unambiguous] 3: (psychology) having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns; "an ambiguous situation with no frame of reference"; "ambiguous inkblots" Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University Later, Phuong Rice Land
Follow Ups	Calling out Arnel! - Carlos Ramirez 07:08:47 08/30/01 LOL >> - Arnel(Z32racing.com) 07:13:52 08/30/01 He did not say it WAS your car, just admonishing - Ken (Aruba) 07:44:00 08/30/01 Read his post again. (n/m) - Arnel(Z32racing.com) 07:52:05 08/30/01 He's pulling a GR? He also says inside: - Ken (Aruba) 09:00:43 08/30/01 since when are my posts ambiguous? (n/m) - got rice? 10:10:00 08/30/01 ROFL I knew you'd bite. here: - Ken (Aruba) 11:09:51 08/30/01 I don't see the double meaning in the post - got rice? 11:22:54 08/30/01 Sorry. Contradictory- not ambiguous. (n/m) - Ken (Aruba) 11:39:45 08/30/01 ambiguous is unclear (n/m) - F8IZHIS 12:11:54 08/30/01 Re: ambiguous is unclear - got rice? 19:14:30 08/30/01 Like I said, unclear :) - F8IZHIS 20:09:43 08/30/01 "and don't give any info on what you have done to YOUR car" (n/m) - my91z(Z is fixed 4 now) 07:53:33 08/30/01 I knew who's car it was , I asked him the other day - ZBlacktt 08:09:19 08/30/01 Looks like you're guilty of posting a pic of - Guy (SoCal) 08:56:11 08/30/01 my mistake :-) (n/m) - Carlos Ramirez 09:33:55 08/30/01
Post a Followup	You cannot reply to this message because you are not logged in.