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.
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, vol. 43, p. 619:

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

   • 2016, John Simpson, The Word Detective, Little, Brown 2016, p. 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. second-person plural present indicative of disambiguare
2. second-person plural imperative of disambiguare
3. feminine plural of disambiguato