in unambiguous terms
collocation in Englishmeaningsofin,unambiguousandterm
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in
adjective
uk/ɪn/us/ɪn/
fashionable ...
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unambiguous
adjective
uk/ˌʌn.æmˈbɪɡ.ju.əs/us/ˌʌn.æmˈbɪɡ.ju.əs/
expressed in a way that makes it completely clear what ...
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term
noun
uk/tɜːm/us/tɝːm/
the fixed period of time that something ...
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(Definition ofin,unambiguousandtermfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Do the guidelines describe the condition to be detected, treated, or prevented in unambiguous terms?
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By contrast, the will to define social reality in unambiguous terms produces statutory texts that are strikingly devoid of metaphorical language.
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That cannot be open to misinterpretation, and the rest of the report is written cogently, coherently and in clearly unambiguous terms.
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Perhaps we could hear his answer in clear and unambiguous terms.
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Would it not, therefore, be better to say so in unambiguous terms?
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I only say that the assurance could have been given an hour ago in unambiguous terms.
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The review body recommended in unambiguous terms that the right way to deal with the shortages was by locally negotiated pay in a national context.
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No messing about, tell us in clear, unambiguous terms who will get a vote.
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I therefore want to thank both rapporteurs for having again put this message in unambiguous terms.
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The conditions under which it can exercise its membership option are defined in clear and unambiguous terms.
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That is what the trade unions have indicated in unambiguous terms.
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I appeal to him to issue his instructions in clear and unambiguous terms, and to apply them throughout the whole country.
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If the former is intended, it is most important that this is stated in unambiguous terms in order that the powers of officers of enforcement agencies are clear.
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This subsection is in quite unambiguous terms.
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They have said so in unambiguous terms.
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It was in unambiguous terms.
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We believe that it is necessary that they are able to make the position clear to the sources of infringing articles in both strong and unambiguous terms.
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