vague – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
vague
adj.
hazy, faint, indistinct; ambiguous; uncertain
Vagueness
In
analytic philosophy and
linguistics, a
concept may be considered
vague if its
extension is deemed lacking in clarity, if there is uncertainty about which objects belong to the concept or which exhibit characteristics that have this predicate (so-called "border-line cases"), or if the
Sorites paradox applies to the concept or predicate.
vague
Adjective
1. not clearly understood or expressed; "an obscure turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke
(synonym) obscure
(similar) unclear
2. not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished; "an undefined term"; "undefined authority"; "some undefined sense of excitement"; "vague feelings of sadness"; "a vague uneasiness"
(synonym) undefined
(similar) indefinable, undefinable
(see-also) indefinite
3. lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood"
(synonym) dim, faint, shadowy, wispy
(similar) indistinct
vague
adj.
hazy, vague, undefined; indefinite, indeterminate, indistinguishable; inscrutable, incomprehensible; indistinct, formless; obscure, shadowy
vague
nf.
wave, surge, tide; vagueness, haziness, dimness; upsurge, outbreak
vaguer
v.
wander, roam
vagar
v.
wander, roam; straggle
