unequivocal

unequivocal

English

Alternative forms

• unæquivocal (rare)

Etymology

un- +‎ equivocal.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʌnɨˈkwɪvəkəl/
• (General American) enPR: ŭn'ĭ-kwĭvʹə-kəl, IPA^(key): /ˌʌnɪ̈ˈkwɪvəkəl/
• Rhymes: -ɪvəkəl
• Hyphenation: un‧equiv‧o‧cal

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Adjective

unequivocal (comparative more unequivocal, superlative most unequivocal)

1. Unambiguous; without equivocation or ambiguity; singularly clear, unmistakable, or unquestionable

   I want you to give me an unequivocal guarantee on that.

2. (possibly dated) Without equal, matchless.

   the unequivocal scope of the Golden Gate Bridge

Synonyms

• (unambiguous): definite, unambiguous, univocal; see also Thesaurus:explicit

Derived terms

• unequivocally

Collocations

Adjectives often used with "unequivocal"

evidence ― statement

Translations

without equal

Bulgarian: несравним (bg) (nesravnim) Czech: bezkonkurenční Dutch: ongeëvenaard (nl) Finnish: verraton (fi) German: unerreicht (de), unvergleichlich Italian: senza eguali Macedonian: беспримерен m (besprimeren) Persian: صریح‎ (fa) Portuguese: sem igual Serbo-Croatian: bez premca

without ambiguity

Bulgarian: недвусмислен (bg) (nedvusmislen) Catalan: inequívoc Chinese: Mandarin: 不含糊 (zh) (bù hánhu), 明確／明确 (zh) (míngquè) Czech: jednoznačný (cs) m Danish: utvivlsom Dutch: eenduidig (nl), onmiskenbaar (nl) Finnish: yksiselitteinen (fi) French: sans équivoque German: unzweideutig (de), unmissverständlich (de), eindeutig (de), zweifelsfrei (de) Greek: σαφής (el) m (safís), ξεκάθαρος (el) m (xekátharos), ρητός (el) m (ritós) Hungarian: egyértelmű (hu) Irish: aonchiallach Italian: inequivocabile (it) Japanese: 明確な (ja) (めいかくな, meikaku na), 一義的 (ichigiteki) Macedonian: недвосмислен m (nedvosmislen) Norwegian: utvilsom Persian: بی همتا‎ (fa) Polish: jednoznaczny, niedwuznaczny, bezsprzeczny Portuguese: inequívoco (pt) Russian: недвусмы́сленный (ru) (nedvusmýslennyj) Spanish: inequívoco Swedish: entydig (sv), omisskännlig (sv)

Further reading

• unequivocal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• unequivocal in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911