Dictionary

unequivocal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌʌnɪˈkwɪvəkəl/ (General-American)
• /ʌnɪˈkwɪvəkəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• ŭn'ĭ-kwĭvʹə-kəl (General-American)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English equivocal English unequivocal From un- + equivocal.

Meanings

1. Unambiguous; without equivocation or ambiguity; singularly clear, unmistakable, or unquestionable
   • I want you to give me an unequivocal guarantee on that.
   • There exists no moral system under which there do not arise unequivocal cases of conflicting obligation. 1861, John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism:
   • Coppard was unequivocal when speaking to RAIL about this: "I'll keep on telling the government that MML electrification is really important to us. I raised it with Heidi Alexander [Transport Secretary] last Thursday when she was here." 2026 April 1, Richard Wilcock, “South Yorkshire's sights on a People's Network”, in RAIL, number 1058, page 23:
   • Mr. Cleaver latched on to the idea, and within moments, the trio was swinging hard over a walking bass line — the equivalent of a blurred picture coming into unequivocal focus. 2015 June 18, Nate Chinen, “Review: Eric Revis Trio Lets the Music Lead the Way at the Jazz Gallery”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2022:
   • Finally, in order to construct an integrated picture of genetic alterations in GBMs, the unequivocal alterations were mapped onto known gliomagenic pathways. 2011, M.A. Hayat, Tumors of the Central Nervous System, volume 5:
2. (dated, possibly) Without equal, matchless.
   • the unequivocal scope of the Golden Gate Bridge

Forms

Deriveds

unequivocality · unequivocally · unequivocalness

Synonyms

univocal · definite (unambiguous) · unambiguous

Translations (48)

el ξεκάθαρος (without ambiguity) · de zweifelsfrei (without ambiguity) · ca inequívoc (without ambiguity) · it senza eguali (without equal) · el σαφής (without ambiguity) · de uneingeschränkt (without ambiguity) · de unmissverständlich (without ambiguity) · mk беспримерен (without equal) · de unvergleichlich (without equal) · nl niet mis te verstane (without ambiguity) · ja 明確な (without ambiguity) · cs jednoznačný (without ambiguity) · sv entydig (without ambiguity) · sh bez premca (without equal) · es inequívoco (without ambiguity) · ja 一義的 (without ambiguity) · ru однозначный (without ambiguity) · de aufrichtig (without ambiguity) · fi verraton (without equal) · es tajante (without ambiguity) · nl onmiskenbaar (without ambiguity) · pl jednoznaczny, niedwuznaczny, bezsprzeczny (without ambiguity) · cmn 明確 /明确 (without ambiguity) · cs bezkonkurenční (without equal) · no utvilsom (without ambiguity) · sv omisskännlig (without ambiguity) · pt sem igual (without equal) · ga aonchiallach (without ambiguity) · cmn 不含糊 (without ambiguity) · de unzweideutig (without ambiguity) · hu egyértelmű (without ambiguity) · el ρητός (without ambiguity) · ru недвусмы́сленный (without ambiguity) · mk недвосмислен (without ambiguity) · fi yksiselitteinen (without ambiguity) · da utvivlsom (without ambiguity) · de eindeutig (without ambiguity) · nl ongeëvenaard (without equal) · bg несравним (without equal) · fa بی همتا (without ambiguity) · nl eenduidig (without ambiguity) · pt inequívoco (without ambiguity) · bg недвусмислен (without ambiguity) · it inequivocabile (without ambiguity) · fr sans équivoque (without ambiguity) · de unzweifelhaft (without ambiguity) · fa صریح (without equal) · de unerreicht (without equal)