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AMPHIBOLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does amphiboly mean? 

AMPHIBOLY (noun)
  The noun AMPHIBOLY has 1 sense:

1. an ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., 'they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planesplay

  Familiarity information: AMPHIBOLY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AMPHIBOLY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., 'they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

amphibology; amphiboly

Hypernyms ("amphiboly" is a kind of...):

ambiguity (an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context)


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