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Meaning of "ambage" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF AMBAGE

ˈæmbɪdʒ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AMBAGE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ambage is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AMBAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Circumlocution

Circumlocution refers to an ambiguous or roundabout figure of speech. Ambiguity means information that can have multiple meanings. For example, governmental income support to poor residents might be referred to as "welfare". Roundabout speech refers to using many words to describe something for which a concise expression exists. The vast majority of definitions found in dictionaries are circumlocutory. Circumlocution is often used by aphasics and people learning a new language, where in the absence of a word the subject can simply be described. Euphemism, innuendo, and equivocation are different types of ambiguous and roundabout language.

Definition of ambage in the English dictionary

The definition of ambage in the dictionary is ambiguity.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AMBAGE

advantage · age · average · Babbage · bridge · Burbage · cabbage · carbage · college · coverage · cribbage · cubage · damage · garbage · herbage · heritage · image · knowledge · language · tubage

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AMBAGE

ambach · ambagious · ambagitory · Ambala · Amban · ambari · Ambartsumian · ambary · ambassador · ambassador extraordinary · ambassador plenipotentiary · ambassador-at-large · ambassadorial · ambassadorship · ambassadress · ambassage · ambassy · ambatch · ambeer · amber

WORDS THAT END LIKE AMBAGE

Chinese cabbage · drumhead cabbage · garage · home page · in this day and age · marriage · massage · message · mortgage · on the same page · package · page · pak-choi cabbage · pe-tsai cabbage · red cabbage · reportage · skunk cabbage · stage · turnip cabbage · wild cabbage

Synonyms and antonyms of ambage in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ambage» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF AMBAGE

Find out the translation of ambage to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of ambage from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ambage» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

ambage
1,325 millions of speakers
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Ambage
570 millions of speakers
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English

ambage
510 millions of speakers
hi

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ambage
380 millions of speakers
ar

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ambage
280 millions of speakers
ru

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ambage
278 millions of speakers
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Ambage
270 millions of speakers
bn

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ambage
260 millions of speakers
fr

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ambage
220 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Malay

Ambang
190 millions of speakers
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ambage
180 millions of speakers
ja

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ambage
130 millions of speakers
ko

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ambage
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Ambage
85 millions of speakers
vi

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ambage
80 millions of speakers
ta

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ambage
75 millions of speakers
mr

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अभिप्राय
75 millions of speakers
tr

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ambage
70 millions of speakers
it

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ambage
65 millions of speakers
pl

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ambage
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

ambage
40 millions of speakers
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ambage
30 millions of speakers
el

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ambage
15 millions of speakers
af

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ambage
14 millions of speakers
sv

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ambage
10 millions of speakers
no

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ambage
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ambage

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AMBAGE»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ambage

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMBAGE»

Discover the use of ambage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ambage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Applying Relational Sociology: Relations, Networks, and Society
Measuring Ambage and Ambiguity In order to understand the analytic value of specifying ambage, ambiguity, and contingency, it is worthwhile suggesting some way of measuring them. Such measurements need to explicate the interplay of ...
François Dépelteau, Christopher Powell, 2013
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Identity and Control: How Social Formations Emerge
Ambage, on the other hand, concerns the concrete world of social ties, in networks of ties and corporates among nodes. Ambage can be operationalized in several ways.28 A test of reliability of measuring ambage is needed. One test is correct ...
Harrison C. White, 2008
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Constellations: An Ambage Anthology
From the farthest reaches of space and time to the familiar realms of everyday life; from the cold impersonality of the outside world to the intensely personal worlds of imagination, belief, and the mind-the stories represented here explore ...
‎2013
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Notes and Queries
(2) Ambage, for Ambages : simply ludicrous. (3) Hume o' the Boque, a real Scotch personage, said to have teemed with incredible stories. (4) Uimbog, Erse for soft copper, said to have been the nickname of the copper money which was ...
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M. Annaei Lucani Pharsalia
Dii visa secundent, Et fibris sit nulla fides; sed conditor artis Finxerit ista Tages, flexu sic omina Tuscus Involvens, multáque tegens ambage canebat. At Figulus, cui cura Déos, secretaque cœli Seneca. non molli atnöitu Omenta pingues visceri  ...
Lucan, G. W. Ginger, 1816
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Humanism, Machinery, and Renaissance Literature
14 These ambassadorial strategies of indirection and obliquity are comprised by the term "ambage," a word which first appears in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, a text deeply concerned with the flawed nature of mediation. Chaucer's master ...
Jessica Wolfe, 2004
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Contributions to Latin Lexicography
A. 11. 660; acc. pi. Amazonds Ov. A. A. 3. 1, Plin. 34- 53- Ambages, -Is, subst. f. The nom. s., quoted by Charis. 1. p. 40 K, occurs Tac. H. 5. 13 ; abl. sing, ambage in Ov., Sen., Lucan, Pliny, Val. Fl., Statius, Tacitus, Ammian, (Neue, Lat. Form.
Henry Nettleship, 1889
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The Slang Dictionary; Or, The Vulgar Words, Street Phrases, ...
Uerkelejfs Works, voL ii., p. 366, (Wright's edition.) Another derivation suggested ( see The Bookseller for May 26, 1860) is AMBAGE, a Latin word adopted into the English language temp. Charles I., (see May's translation of Lncaris Pharsalia,) ...
John Camden Hotten, 1870
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An Index of the Arthurian Names in Middle English
AM-1 Amandauorgulous 5485. AM-5 Amayndan the Stowte 14381. MER Anmadius the Proude 212. AMAZONNES. A vassal people to Lucius. MA Amazonnes 584. AMBAGE. Country to which Lucius sends for aid against Arthur. Amazonia?
Robert William Ackerman, 1952
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Macrobii Ambrosii Theodosii Opera Quae Supersunt ...: ...
Qui vc- natibus gaudet intcrrogclur de silvae ambitu, de ambage lustro- rum, de venationis eventu. Religiosus si adest, da iili referendi copiam, quibus observationibus merucrit auxilia dcorum, quantus illi cerimoniarum fructus, quia et hoc ...
Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius Macrobius, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Ludwig von Jan, 1852

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMBAGE»

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On pouvait toujours compter sur Catherine
Un direct franc, sans ambage. Elle était aussi souvent souriante, volontiers «berdeleuse », toujours partante pour causer; de la marche du ... «lavenir.net, Apr 15»
REFERENCE
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