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disambiguate

/ˌdɪ.samˈbɪɡjuːeɪt/ verb

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about disambiguate at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. To remove ambiguities from; to make less ambiguous; to clarify or specify which of multiple possibilities applies – e.g., possible meanings of an ambiguous statement – or to invite or require this.
  2. To distinguish one word or lexical unit (from a different one which has a similar form).