unequivocal

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EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• unæquivocal (rare)

EtymologyEdit

un- +‎ equivocal.

PronunciationEdit

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʌnɨˈkwɪvəkəl/
• (General American) enPR: ŭn'ĭ-kwĭvʹə-kəl, IPA^(key): /ˌʌnɪ̈ˈkwɪvəkəl/
• Rhymes: -ɪvəkəl
• Hyphenation: un‧equiv‧o‧cal

AdjectiveEdit

unequivocal (comparative more unequivocal, superlative most unequivocal)

1. Unambiguous; without equivocation or ambiguity; singularly clear, unmistakable, or unquestionable

   I want you to give me an unequivocal guarantee on that.

2. (possibly dated) Without equal, matchless.

   the unequivocal scope of the Golden Gate Bridge

Usage notesEdit

Nouns often used with "unequivocal" include "evidence" and "statement".

SynonymsEdit

• definite
• unambiguous
• univocal

Derived termsEdit

• unequivocally

TranslationsEdit

without equal

• Dutch: ongeëvenaard (nl)
• Finnish: verraton (fi)
• Macedonian: беспримерен m (besprímeren)

• Persian: بی همتا‎‎ (fa)
• Portuguese: sem igual
• Serbo-Croatian: bez premca

without ambiguity

• Catalan: inequívoc
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不含糊 (zh) (bù hánhu), 明確 (zh), 明确 (zh) (míngquè)

• Danish: utvivlsom
• Dutch: eenduidig (nl)
• Finnish: yksiselitteinen (fi)
• French: sans équivoque
• German: unzweideutig (de), unmissverständlich (de), eindeutig (de)
• Greek: σαφής (el) m (safís), ξεκάθαρος (el) m (xekátharos), ρητός (el) m (ritós)
• Hungarian: egyértelmű (hu)

• Irish: aonchiallach
• Italian: inequivocabile (it)
• Japanese: 明確な (ja) (めいかくな, meikaku-na), 一義的 (ichigiteki)
• Macedonian: недвосмислен m (nedvósmislen)
• Norwegian: utvilsom
• Persian: صریح‎‎ (fa)
• Portuguese: inequívoco (pt)
• Russian: недвусмы́сленный (ru) (nedvusmýslennyj)
• Spanish: inequívoco
• Swedish: entydig (sv), omisskännlig

Further readingEdit

• unequivocal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• unequivocal in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911