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Disambiguate definition: to make (an ambiguous expression) unambiguous | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples. EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'disambiguate'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× disambiguateinBritishEnglish (ˌdɪsæmˈbɪɡjʊˌeɪt ) verb(transitive) tomake(anambiguousexpression)unambiguous CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Derivedformsdisambiguation(ˌdisamˌbiguˈation)noun Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables LanguageLover'sBlog Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'trailblazer' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency disambiguateinAmericanEnglish (ˌdɪsæmˈbɪgjuˌweɪt ) verbtransitiveWordforms:ˌdisamˈbiguˌatedorˌdisamˈbiguˌating toremovetheambiguityfrom(anambiguousutteranceorform) Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. Derivedformsdisambiguation(ˌdisamˌbiguˈation) noun WordFrequency disambiguateinAmericanEnglish (ˌdɪsæmˈbɪɡjuːˌeit) transitiveverbWordforms:-ated,-ating toremovetheambiguityfrom;makeunambiguous Inordertodisambiguatethesentence“Shelecturedonthefamouspassengership,” you'llhavetowriteeither“lecturedonboard”or“lecturedabout” Mostmaterial©2005,1997,1991byPenguinRandomHouseLLC.Modifiedentries©2019 byPenguinRandomHouseLLCandHarperCollinsPublishersLtd Derivedformsdisambiguationnoun Wordorigin[1960–65;dis-1+ambigu(ous)+-ate1]Thiswordisfirstrecordedintheperiod1960–65.OtherwordsthatenteredEnglish ataroundthesametimeinclude:Paptest,buyback,parvovirus,powerplay,tagquestion-ateisasuffixoccurringinloanwordsfromLatin,itsEnglishdistributionparalleling thatofLatin.Theformoriginatedasasuffixaddedtoa-stemverbstoformadjectives(separate).Theresultingformcouldalsobeusedindependentlyasanoun(advocate)andcametobeusedasastemonwhichaverbcouldbeformed(separate;advocate;agitate).InEnglishtheuseasaverbalsuffixhasbeenextendedtostemsofnon-Latinorigin (calibrate;acierate) Examplesof'disambiguate'inasentence disambiguate Theseexampleshavebeenautomaticallyselectedandmaycontainsensitivecontent.Readmore… Therefore,anearlystepofvisionmustdisambiguatetheincessantstreamofinformation.WolfgangTschacher,RuthGenner,JanaBryjová,ElisabethSchaller,AndreaC.Samson2015,'Investigatingvisioninschizophreniathroughresponsestohumorousstimuli',SchizophreniaResearch:Cognitionhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215001315000177.RetrievedfromDOAJCCBY4.0(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode) Resultshelptodisambiguatepreviousstudiesontheeffectsofdietingonfoodcravings.AnnaRichard,AnnaRichard,AdrianMeule,AdrianMeule,MalteFriese,JensBlechert, JensBlechert2017,'EffectsofChocolateDeprivationonImplicitandExplicitEvaluationofChocolate inHighandLowTraitChocolateCravers',FrontiersinPsychologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01591/full.RetrievedfromDOAJCCBY4.0(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode) Depressivesyndromemaybedifficulttoclinicallydisambiguatefromfrailtyinadvancedoldage.VaughanL,CorbinAL,GoveasJS2015,'Depressionandfrailtyinlaterlife:asystematicreview',ClinicalInterventionsinAginghttps://www.dovepress.com/depression-and-frailty-in-later-life-a-systematic-review-peer-reviewed-article-CIA.RetrievedfromDOAJCCBY4.0(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode) Herewetestwhetherhumansusevisualandhapticinformation,individuallyandjointly,todisambiguatesizefromdistance.PeterWBattaglia,MassimilianoDiLuca,MarcOErnst,PaulRSchrater,TonjaMachulla, DanielKersten2010,'Within-andcross-modaldistanceinformationdisambiguatevisualsize-changeperception.', PLoSComputationalBiologyhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2832682?pdf=render.RetrievedfromPLOSCCBY4.0(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode) Thus,animalshavetousethepresentcontextualcuestodisambiguatethesignificanceofthestimulusandrespondappropriately.MelissaJudithSharpe,SimoneKillcross2015,'Theprelimbiccortexuseshigher-ordercuestomodulateboththeacquisitionandexpression ofconditionedfear.',FrontiersinSystemsNeurosciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnsys.2014.00235/full.RetrievedfromDOAJCCBY4.0(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode) Inalltheseexamples,humansintentionallymodifytheiractionkinematicstomaketheirgoalseasiertodisambiguate.GiovanniPezzulo,FrancescoDonnarumma,HarisDindo2013,'Humansensorimotorcommunication:atheoryofsignalinginonlinesocialinteractions.', PLoSONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3835897?pdf=render.RetrievedfromPLOSCCBY4.0(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode) Threecommerciallyavailablefluorescenceanalysistoolsarethenappliedtodisambiguateremainingmitochondrialclustersthatrequirefurtherinspection.LeeFarrand,JiYoungKim,AkechaiIm-Aram,Jeong-YongSuh,HyongJooLee,Benjamin K.Tsang2013,'AnImprovedQuantitativeApproachfortheAssessmentofMitochondrialFragmentation inChemoresistantOvarianCancerCells',PLoSONE10.1371/journal.pone.0074008.RetrievedfromPLOSCCBY4.0(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode) Weprovideacoherentpictureofwhatthemaincriticismsare,anddrawtogetheranddisambiguatecommonthemes.BertieeVidgen,TahaeYasseri2016,'P-values:misunderstoodandmisused',FrontiersinPhysicshttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphy.2016.00006/full.RetrievedfromDOAJCCBY4.0(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode) Trendsof disambiguate Viewusagefor: AllYears Last10years Last50years Last100years Last300years Browsealphabetically disambiguate disallow disallowagoal disally disambiguate disambiguationpage disamenity disanalogous AllENGLISHwordsthatbeginwith'D' Source DefinitionofdisambiguatefromtheCollinsEnglishDictionary ReadabouttheteamofauthorsbehindCollinsDictionaries. 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