If you describe something as ambiguous, you mean that it is unclear or confusing because it can be understood in more than one way.

an elusive person or animal is difficult or impossible to find or catch. The rebel leader proved elusive.

Ambiguous sentence example

1. Her songs are intentionally ambiguous .
2. The ending was more ambiguous , one in which the future of the world was in question.
3. There are a number of specific issues left somewhat ambiguous in the document.
4. The modern work is deliberately ambiguous .

Psychology Acquired sexual discordance in which an individual’s phenotype and genotype are ♂–or ♀, but his/her ‘psychotype’ is ♀–or ♂, and thus requires transsexual conversion. See Transsexuality.

To understand why ambiguity makes a language more efficient rather than less so, think about the competing desires of the speaker and the listener. Once context is considered, it’s clear that “ambiguity is actually something you would want in the communication system,” Piantadosi says.

Semantic and syntactic ambiguity Syntactic ambiguity arises when a sentence can have two (or more) different meanings because of the structure of the sentence—its syntax. This is often due to a modifying expression, such as a prepositional phrase, the application of which is unclear.

When we combine the letters together we get a word and that word is also a symbol in that it represents a certain meaning for us. Symbols are completely arbitrary until meaning is ascribed to a combination of letters by people. Symbols are ambiguous which means their meanings aren’t clear cut or fixed.

An expression is said to be ambiguous (or poorly defined) if its definition does not assign it a unique interpretation or value. An expression which is not ambiguous is said to be well-defined. SEE ALSO: Ill-Defined, Well-Defined.

Polysemy (/pəˈlɪsɪmi/ or /ˈpɒlɪsiːmi/; from Greek: πολύ-, polý-, “many” and σῆμα, sêma, “sign”) is the capacity for a word or phrase to have multiple meanings, usually related by contiguity of meaning within a semantic field.

You can avoid any ambiguity by repeating the term or using alternatives. Ambiguous communication means open to many different interpretations….

1. The sender has an intention or idea or feeling and meaning that exists in his mind.
2. The sender transmits his message through the right channel to the receiver.