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Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot

Ääntäminen

  • UK:
    • IPA: /əˈkwɪvəkəl/
  • US:
    • IPA: /ɪˈkwɪvək(ə)l/
  • Tuntematon aksentti:
    • IPA: /əˈkwɪˌvəkəl/

Määritelmät

Substantiivit

  1. A word or expression capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term; an equivoque.

Adjektiivit

  1. Having two or more equally applicable meanings; capable of double or multiple interpretation; ambiguous; uncertain.
  2. Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected.
  3. Uncertain, as an indication or sign; doubtful, incongruous.

Esimerkit

  • equivocal words; an equivocal sentence
  • For the beauties of Shakespeare are not of so dim or equivocal a nature as to be visible only to learned eyes.
  • His actions are equivocal.
  • equivocal repentances
  • How equivocal a test.
  • Sunrise was an equivocal thing. The color of the clouds changed from the gray of slate to the gray of smoke as somewhere aloft the sun made its presence known, though that would not be the case here until the low-pressure area had passed north into China—or so the weather briefing had declared.

Taivutusmuodot

Monikkoequivocals
Komparatiivimore equivocal
Superlatiivimost equivocal