Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; clear and unambiguous.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not equivocal, in any sense.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not equivocal; not doubtful; not ambiguous; evident; sincere; plain
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- adjective
Unambiguous ; withoutequivocation orambiguity ; singularlyclear ,unmistakable , orunquestionable - adjective Without
equal ,matchless . (Can weverify (+) this sense?)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion
- adjective clearly defined or formulated
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Examples
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At the end of the day, all the delegates unified in support, based on what they described as unequivocal commitment from the Obama campaign to better the rights of Asian Americans.
Natasha Chen: Largest Asian-American PAC Endorses Obama 2008
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She denounced Nazi Germany from the very start in unequivocal terms.
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My critical queries in unequivocal black would seek, in advance, answers aforethought.
Redux: Things I Should Have Done #4 Cherise Wolas 2010
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I have already condemned, in unequivocal terms, the statements of Reverend Wright that have caused such controversy.
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She said originally in unequivocal terms that the primaries would not count.
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Joe Quesada stated in unequivocal terms that Captain America was wrong and Dan Slott announced a new Great Lakes Avengers one-shot that he will be writing with Fabian Nicieza.
27th February '07 flidgetjerome 2007
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Of course it will take time to identify specific individuals, but it would have taken Stern no time to condemn assaults against players in unequivocal terms.
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His own approach, direct and unequivocal, is expressed in the bill in which he proposes to give Congress absolute authority to veto executive agreements within sixty days.
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His own approach, direct and unequivocal, is expressed in the bill in which he proposes to give Congress absolute authority to veto executive agreements within sixty days.
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His own approach, direct and unequivocal, is expressed in the bill in which he proposes to give Congress absolute authority to veto executive agreements within sixty days.
sweetzingiber commented on the word unequivocal
absolute; certain
August 1, 2009
mohitanand commented on the word unequivocal
adjective: admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion
The President's first statement on the subject was vague and open to competing interpretations, so when he spoke to Congress about the same subject later, he was careful to make his position completely unequivocal.
October 19, 2016