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VAGUE Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Vague
(v. i.)
Wandering; vagrant; vagabond.
(v. i.)
Unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous; as, a vague idea; a vague proposition.
(v. i.)
To wander; to roam; to stray.
(v. i.)
Proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated; uncertain; flying; as, a vague report.
(n.)
An indefinite expanse.
(n.)
A wandering; a vagary.
(v. i.)
Wandering; vagrant; vagabond.
(v. i.)
Unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous; as, a vague idea; a vague proposition.
(v. i.)
To wander; to roam; to stray.
(v. i.)
Proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated; uncertain; flying; as, a vague report.
(n.)
An indefinite expanse.
(n.)
A wandering; a vagary.
| WordNet 2.0 |
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
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
| GLOSSARY OF ESOTERIC WORDS |
VAGUE
indistinct,vacant,hazy,obscure,undefined
vaguely adv -- vagueness n
eg:The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed, seeming to be dragged rather than to march, to the intended goal. Something of this sort must, I think, always happen in public democratic assemblies.(A.DE TOCQUEVILLE)
EG:Light half-believers of our casual creeds, who never deeply felt, nor clearly will d, whose insight never has borne fruit in deeds, whose vague resolves never have been fulfilled.(M.ARNOLD)
indistinct,vacant,hazy,obscure,undefined
vaguely adv -- vagueness n
eg:The debates of that great assembly are frequently vague and perplexed, seeming to be dragged rather than to march, to the intended goal. Something of this sort must, I think, always happen in public democratic assemblies.(A.DE TOCQUEVILLE)
EG:Light half-believers of our casual creeds, who never deeply felt, nor clearly will d, whose insight never has borne fruit in deeds, whose vague resolves never have been fulfilled.(M.ARNOLD)
| hEnglish - advanced version |
vague
vague
\vague\ (vāg), a. [compar. vaguer (vāg"&etilde;r); superl. vaguest.] [f. vague, or l. vagus. see vague, v. i.]
1. wandering; vagrant; vagabond. [archaic] "to set upon the vague villains." ayward. she danced along with vague, regardless eyes.
2. unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous; as, a vague idea; a vague proposition. this faith is neither a mere fantasy of future glory, nor a vague ebullition of feeling. taylor. the poet turned away, and gave himself up to a sort of vague revery, which he called thought.
3. proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated; uncertain; flying; as, a vague report. some legend strange and vague.
vague
year. see sothiac year , under sothiac.
similar words(1)
vague year
vague
\vague\ (vāg), a. [compar. vaguer (vāg"&etilde;r); superl. vaguest.] [f. vague, or l. vagus. see vague, v. i.]
1. wandering; vagrant; vagabond. [archaic] "to set upon the vague villains." ayward. she danced along with vague, regardless eyes.
2. unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous; as, a vague idea; a vague proposition. this faith is neither a mere fantasy of future glory, nor a vague ebullition of feeling. taylor. the poet turned away, and gave himself up to a sort of vague revery, which he called thought.
3. proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated; uncertain; flying; as, a vague report. some legend strange and vague.
vague
year. see sothiac year , under sothiac.
similar words(1)
vague year
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
vague
éiginnte
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| English Phonetics |
VAGUE Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Vagueness
Ambiguity is one way in which the meanings of words and phrases can be unclear, but there is another way, which is different from ambiguity: vagueness. One example of a vague concept is the concept of a heap. Two or three grains of sand is not a heap, but a thousand is. How many grains of sand does it take to make a heap? There is no clear line. (See the paradox of the heap.)
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