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

Adjective

unequivocal (comparative more unequivocal, superlative most unequivocal)

Unambiguous; without equivocation or ambiguity; singularly clear, unmistakable, or unquestionable
I want you to give me an unequivocal guarantee on that.
(possibly dated) Without equal, matchless.
the unequivocal scope of the Golden Gate Bridge

Usage notes

Nouns often used with "unequivocal" include "evidence" and "statement".

Synonyms

Derived terms

unequivocally

Translations

without equal

Czech: bezkonkurenční
Dutch: ongeëvenaard (nl)
Finnish: verraton (fi)
Macedonian: беспримерен m (besprímeren)

Persian: بی همتا‎ (fa)
Portuguese: sem igual
Serbo-Croatian: bez premca

without ambiguity

Catalan: inequívoc
Chinese:
Mandarin: 不含糊 (zh) (bù hánhu), 明確 (zh), 明确 (zh) (míngquè)
Czech: jednoznačný (cs) m
Danish: utvivlsom
Dutch: eenduidig (nl)
Finnish: yksiselitteinen (fi)
French: sans équivoque
German: unzweideutig (de), unmissverständlich (de), eindeutig (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 (nedvósmislen)
Norwegian: utvilsom
Persian: صریح‎ (fa)
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.

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