Meanings
noundisambiguation (countable and uncountable, plural disambiguations)
plural disambiguations
- countableuncountableThe removal of ambiguity.
The lexical disambiguation relies on looking ahead to identify possible senses.
1 more example
Disambiguation — where it is to fix the sense of an ambiguous term. This operation has been termed distinction by some Logicians, and erroneously reckoned as a species of division.
1827, George Bentham, Outline of a New System of Logic: With a Critical Examination of Dr. Whately's "Elements of Logic, page 88 - countableuncountablewiki jargonA page on a wiki containing links to two or more topics with the same name.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Latindis-
- Middle Englishdis-
- Englishdis-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂m̥bʰí
- Proto-Italic*amβi-
- Latinambi-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
- Proto-Italic*agō
- Latinagō
- Latinambig(ō)
- Latinambiguu
- Englishambigu(ous)
- Englishambiguation
- Englishdisambiguation
From dis- + ambiguation.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تَوْضِيح
- تَوْضِيح (tawḍīḥ)removal of ambiguity
Catalan desambiguació
- desambiguacióremoval of ambiguity
Chinese Cantonese 搞清楚
- 搞清楚 (gaau² cing¹ co²)removal of ambiguity
Chinese Mandarin 解疑, 澄清
- 解疑 (jiěyí)removal of ambiguity
- 澄清 (chéngqīng)removal of ambiguity
- 消歧義 /消歧义 (xiāoqíyì)removal of ambiguity
Czech zjednoznačnění, desambiguace
- zjednoznačněníremoval of ambiguity
- desambiguaceremoval of ambiguity
Dutch desambiguatie
- desambiguatieremoval of ambiguity
Estonian ühestamine
- ühestamineremoval of ambiguity
Finnish selventäminen, täsmentäminen
- selventäminenremoval of ambiguity
- täsmentäminenremoval of ambiguity
- yksiselitteistäminenremoval of ambiguity
French désambiguïsation, homonymie
- désambiguïsationremoval of ambiguity
- homonymieremoval of ambiguity
German Disambiguation, Begriffsklärung
- Disambiguationremoval of ambiguity
- Begriffsklärungremoval of ambiguity
Greek αποσαφήνιση
- αποσαφήνιση (aposafínisi)removal of ambiguity
Hungarian egyértelműsítés
- egyértelműsítésremoval of ambiguity
Italian disambiguazione
- disambiguazioneremoval of ambiguity
Japanese 曖昧さ回避
- 曖昧さ回避 (aimaisa kaihi)removal of ambiguity
Malay nyahkekaburan
- nyahkekaburanremoval of ambiguity
Persian ابهامزدایی
- ابهامزداییremoval of ambiguity
Polish ujednoznacznienie
- ujednoznacznienieremoval of ambiguity
Portuguese desambiguação, desambiguização
- desambiguaçãoremoval of ambiguity
- desambiguizaçãoremoval of ambiguity
Romanian dezambiguizare
- dezambiguizareremoval of ambiguity
Russian дизамбигуа́ция, различение
- дизамбигуа́ция (dizambiguácija)removal of ambiguity
- различение (različenije)removal of ambiguity
Spanish desambiguación
- desambiguaciónremoval of ambiguity
Tagalog pagpapalinaw
- pagpapalinawremoval of ambiguity
Turkish anlam ayrımı
- anlam ayrımıremoval of ambiguity
Cite this entry
APA
disambiguation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disambiguation
MLA
“disambiguation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disambiguation. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disambiguation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disambiguation.
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