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Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific.
Joichi Ito

Meaning of "fuzzy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FUZZY

fuzzy  [ˈfʌzɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FUZZY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fuzzy is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FUZZY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fuzz

Fuzz or Fuzzy may refer to: ▪ Distortion ▪ Fuzz, a derogatory slang term for the police...

Definition of fuzzy in the English dictionary

The first definition of fuzzy in the dictionary is of, resembling, or covered with fuzz. Other definition of fuzzy is indistinct; unclear or distorted. Fuzzy is also not clearly thought out or expressed.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FUZZY


buzzy
ˈbʌzɪ
cuzzie
ˈkʌzɪ
fuzzy-wuzzy
ˈfʌzɪˌwʌzɪ
muzzy
ˈmʌzɪ
SCSI
ˈskʌzɪ
scuzzy
ˈskʌzɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FUZZY

futurological
futurologist
futurology
futz
fuze
fuzee
Fuzhou
fuzz
fuzz box
fuzzier
fuzziest
fuzzily
fuzziness
fuzzle
fuzztone
fuzzy dice
fuzzy logic
fuzzy-wuzzies
fuzzy-wuzzy
fuzzy-wuzzy angel

WORDS THAT END LIKE FUZZY

bizzy
dizzy
fezzy
fizzy
frizzy
jazzy
pizazzy
pizzazzy
pozzy
quazzy
schizzy
showbizzy
snazzy
tizzy
whizzy

Synonyms and antonyms of fuzzy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FUZZY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «fuzzy» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of fuzzy

Translation of «fuzzy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FUZZY

Find out the translation of fuzzy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fuzzy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fuzzy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

绒卷的 >
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

muy rizado
570 millions of speakers

English

fuzzy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फजी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غامض
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нечеткой
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

frisado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঝাপসা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

crépu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kabur
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kraus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

柔らかくて縮れた
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

곱슬곱슬한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kabur
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mờ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தெளிவில்லா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अस्पष्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

belirsiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

crespo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozmyte
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нечіткої
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

neclare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

fuzzy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fuzzy
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fuzzy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fuzzy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fuzzy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FUZZY»

The term «fuzzy» is very widely used and occupies the 14.699 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FUZZY» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «FUZZY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fuzzy.
1
Ansel Adams
There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.
2
Julian Baggini
From time to time, it is worth wandering around the fuzzy border regions of what you do, if only to remind yourself that no human activity is an island.
3
Anthony Bourdain
I'm a radical environmentalist; I think the sooner we asphyxiate in our own filth, the better. The world will do better without us. Maybe some fuzzy animals will go with us, but there'll be plenty of other animals, and they'll be back.
4
Michael Eisner
If you're soft and fuzzy, like our little characters, you become the skinny kid on the beach, and people in this business don't mind kicking sand in your face.
5
Diana Gabaldon
People assume that science is a very cold sort of profession, whereas writing novels is a warm and fuzzy intuitive thing. But in fact, they are not at all different.
6
Todd Gitlin
There is a fuzzy but real distinction that can and I believe should be made, between patriotism, which is attachment to a way of life, and nationalism, which is the insistence that your way of life deserves to rule over other ways of life.
7
Robert A. Heinlein
The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those other subjects merely require scholarship.
8
Joichi Ito
Liberty, freedom and democracy are very fuzzy words, but human rights is very specific.
9
Naveen Jain
The human brain works as a binary computer and can only analyze the exact information-based zeros and ones (or black and white). Our heart is more like a chemical computer that uses fuzzy logic to analyze information that can't be easily defined in zeros and ones.
10
Steve Mann
If you look through the history of wearables, I was named the father of wearable computing, or the world's first cyborg. But the definition of wearable computing can be kind of fuzzy itself. Thousands of years ago, in China, people would wear an abacus around their neck - that, in one sense, was a wearable computer.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FUZZY»

Discover the use of fuzzy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fuzzy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Fuzzy Logic with Engineering Applications
The first edition of Fuzzy Logic with Engineering Applications (1995) was the first classroom text for undergraduates in the field.
Timothy J. Ross, 2009
2
Fuzzy Set Theory—and Its Applications
Since its inception, the theory of fuzzy sets has advanced in a variety of ways and in many disciplines.
Hans-Jürgen Zimmermann, 2001
3
Fuzzy Set Theory: Applications in the Social Sciences
Dealing with sets or categories whose boundaries are blurry or 'fuzzy', this book is an accessible introduction to fuzzy set theory, focusing on its applicability to the social sciences.
Michael Smithson, Jay Verkuilen, 2006
4
Fuzzy Topology
"This book imparts latest developments in various properties of fuzzy topology viz., fuzzy set theory, fuzzy point and its neighbourhood structure, Fuzzy nets and Fuzzy convergence, Fuzzy metric, Different fuzzy compactness, Fuzzy ...
N. Palaniappan, 2005
5
Uncertain Rule-Based Fuzzy Logic Systems: Introduction and ...
In this book, the developer of type-2 fuzzy logic demonstrates how it overcomes the limitations of classical fuzzy logic, enabling a wide range of applications from digital mobile communications to knowledge mining.
Jerry M. Mendel, 2001
6
Fuzzy Mathematics: An Introduction for Engineers and Scientists
I especially enjoyed Lotfi's discussion of fuzzy convexity; I remember talking to him about possible ways of extending this work, but I didn't pursue this at the time.
John N. Mordeson, Premchand S. Nair, 2001
7
Fuzzy Sets, Decision Making, and Expert Systems
This volume tried to cover fuzzy set theory and its applications as extensively as possible. Applications could, therefore, only be described to a limited extent and not very detailed.
Hans-Jürgen Zimmermann, 1987
8
An Introduction to Fuzzy Sets: Analysis and Design
Fuzzy sets can provide solutions to a broad range of problems of control, pattern classification, reasoning, planning, and computer vision. This book bridges the gap that has developed between theory and practice.
Witold Pedrycz, Fernando Gomide, 1998
9
Introduction to Neuro-Fuzzy Systems
Fuzzy sets were introduced by Zadeh (1965) as a means of representing and manipulating data that was not precise, but rather fuzzy.
Robert Fuller, 2000
10
Mathematics of Fuzzy Sets: Logic, Topology, and Measure Theory
Much of this book is new material required to standardize this mathematics, making this volume a reference tool with broad appeal as well as a platform for future research.
Ulrich Höhle, S.E. Rodabaugh, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FUZZY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fuzzy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Baddie Winkle Accessorized With a Pink Parasol and Pink Fuzzy
Today our badass granny style icon, Baddie Winkle hit BeautyCon in L.A. wearing a fuzzy powder pink skirt, fuzzy hot pink slippers, and a baby ... «Styleite, Jul 15»
2
The Bucket Adds Up Fuzzy Math
Did you know it was more expensive to live in State College than Evanston, Illinois right outside of Chicago. Did you living in Mississippi is ... «247Sports, Jul 15»
3
Kids bring their fuzzy friends for National Teddy Bear Day
Devils Lake resident Tricia Traynor was one of the many parents who brought their children to the “teddy bear picnic” at the Lake Region ... «Grand Forks Herald, Jul 15»
4
Nev Schulman's Greatest Chest Hair Moments -- See The Fuzzy
HERE'S THE RUNDOWN Kourtney K Goes on a Very Public Date Night Video of a Hip Hop War Going Absolutely Nuclear Ariana Grande ... «TMZ.com, Jul 15»
5
Don't Get Away: Yuck return with wonderfully fuzzy indie rock nugget …
Yuck returned with new single “Hold Me Closer”, a track that gleefully jumps back a few years and sounds quite like their early, fuzzy lo-fi ... «Vanyaland, Jul 15»
6
'Testament of Youth' is a fuzzy witness to war
Many historians contend that World War I was the most brutal conflict in human history. It marked the moment when age-old alliances and ... «STLtoday.com, Jul 15»
7
Fuzzy bundles of hope
Lake Superior State University student Michelle Kane cradles a young piping plover after it's been banded, weighed, and a tiny fluff of down ... «Sault Ste. Marie Evening News, Jul 15»
8
My Fuzzy Friend: Prinnie B has her own wardrobe
My Fuzzy Friend: Prinnie B has her own wardrobe. SANDRA BUSS, CONTRIBUTED PHOTO. Prinnie B, a Shih Tzu, is owned by Sandra and ... «Allentown Morning Call, Jul 15»
9
from noise pollution to musical composition, the fuzzy logic project
in 2014, european parliament passed a notion that will force automobile manufacturers to make all electric vehicles audible for pedestrians by ... «Designboom, Jul 15»
10
Lots of Fuzzy Numbers Behind Walmart's American Manufacturing …
Walmart, the nation's largest importer of foreign goods by volume, is currently hosting an open call for American-made product pitches at its ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

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