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Disambiguate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To establish a single grammatical or semantic interpretation for.

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v. To remove ambiguities from something.

v. To establish a unique semantic interpretation of something.

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v. state unambiguously or remove ambiguities from

Word Usage

"Via Media Monitor Brian C. comes this segment from last night's Rachel Maddow Show, which began with the host stressing the need to "disambiguate" the ..."

Verb Form

disambiguated disambiguates disambiguating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

clarify clear up elucidate

Form

disambiguation