ambiguous nature
collocation in Englishmeaningsofambiguousandnature
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ambiguous
adjective
uk/æmˈbɪɡ.ju.əs/us/æmˈbɪɡ.ju.əs/
having or expressing more than one possible meaning, ...
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nature
noun
uk/ˈneɪ.tʃər/us/ˈneɪ.tʃɚ/
all the animals, plants, rocks, etc. in the world and all the features, forces, and processes that happen or exist independently of people, such as the weather, the sea, mountains, the production of young animals or plants, ...
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(Definition ofambiguousandnaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Chapters 2 and 3 consider the complex andambiguousnatureof caregiving relationships, describing the interdependencies between children, middle-aged women and their ageing parents.
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One theme running through these accounts is theambiguousnatureof race itself, and of its influence on science and medicine.
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As such, it only confirms the dependent side of theirambiguousnature.
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This points to theambiguousnatureof qiangqin as a marriage 'institution'.
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International debate in archaeology since the early 1960s may be said to have anambiguousnature.
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I wanted to find out which of them distorted certain facts, and which tried to dig deeper and throw light on theambiguousnatureof undiscussed or evident events.
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It is precisely because of theambiguousnatureof the law of provocation that we want it clarified.
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It is just theambiguousnatureof that reply that prompted me to put down the question.
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It was theambiguousnatureof the clause which led me to interpose.
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Misinterpretations can occur due to the highlyambiguousnatureof the communication.
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Theambiguousnatureof the term planning, as it relates to land use, is historically tied to the practice of zoning.
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Other statements may have anambiguousnaturethat makes them potentially appealing to different audiences who may interpret them in particular ways and circulate them.
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Theambiguousnatureof the programme extends to its main characters.
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Other commentators have however referred to the edginess in his music, its restlessness, its oftenambiguousnature, its rarely resolved tension.
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Theambiguousnatureof the term allowed evasion of definitive policies throughout the campaign.
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King's famous remark on the issue, not necessarily conscription but conscription if necessary, reflected theambiguousnatureof the plebiscite.
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