disambiguate

From dis- +‎ ambiguate.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪ.samˈbɪɡjuːeɪt/

disambiguate (third-person singular simple present disambiguates, present participle disambiguating, simple past and past participle disambiguated)

1. To remove ambiguities from; to make less ambiguous; to clarify or specify which of multiple possibilities applies – e.g., possible meanings of an ambiguous statement – or to invite or require this.
2. (linguistics) To distinguish one word or lexical unit (from a different one which has a similar form).
   • 1967, Language: Journal of the Linguistic Society of America, volume 43, page 619:

     When necessary, the Greek spelling is disambiguated by an appended phonetic transcription.

   • 2016, John Simpson, The Word Detective, Little, Brown, published 2016, page 281:

     The dictionary's traditional “readers” have largely survived this transition, too. They find earlier and better uses of terms which computers can't (in the jargon) disambiguate—distinguish from other similar uses.

• disambiguation
• disambiguator

disambiguate

1. inflection of disambiguare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

disambiguate f pl

1. feminine plural of disambiguato