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1. (adj.) vague
not clearly or explicitly stated or expressed:
vague promises.
2. vague
indefinite or indistinct in nature or character, as ideas or feelings:
a vague premonition of disaster.
3. vague
not clearly perceptible:
vague murmurs.
4. vague
not definitely established, determined, confirmed, or known:
a vague rumor.
5. vague
(of persons) not clear or definite in thought, understanding, or expression.
6. vague
showing lack of clear perception or understanding:
a vague stare.
Etymology: (1540–50; (< MF) < L vagus wandering)
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| Definition of 'vague' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) obscure, vague
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
2. (adj) undefined, vague
not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished
"an undefined term"; "undefined authority"; "some undefined sense of excitement"; "vague feelings of sadness"; "a vague uneasiness"
3. (adj) dim, faint, shadowy, vague, wispy
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"
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1. (adjective) vague
(of sth sb says or thinks) not clear or definite
a vague description of the car; vague memories; His directions were vague.
2. vague
(of a person) not explaining sth clearly or definitely
She was vague about where her friends had gone.
3. vague
not easy to see well; = unclear
a vague figure in the distance
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) vague
an indefinite expanse
2. (noun) vague
a wandering; a vagary
3. (verb) vague
wandering; vagrant; vagabond
4. (verb) vague
unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous; as, a vague idea; a vague proposition
5. (verb) vague
proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated; uncertain; flying; as, a vague report
6. (verb) vague
to wander; to roam; to stray
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Sense: not clear, distinct or definite
Through the fog we saw the vague outline of a ship; She has only a vague idea of how this machine works.
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 Afrikaans: vae |
 Arabic: غَيْر واضِح، مُبْهَم |
 Bulgarian: мътен |
 Brazilian: vago |
 Czech: matný |
 German: unbestimmt |
 Danish: vag |
 Greek: αμυδρός, συγκεχυμένος |
 Spanish: vago |
 Estonian: ähmane |
 Farsi: مبهم |
 Finnish: epämääräinen |
 French: vague |
 Hebrew: מְעוּרפָּל |
 Hindi: अस्पष्ट |
 Croatian: nejasan |
 Hungarian: halvány |
 Indonesian: samar-samar |
 Icelandic: óljós, óskÿr |
 Italian: vago |
 Japanese: ぼんやりした |
 Korean: 막연한, 모호한 |
 Lithuanian: neaiškus, neryškus, miglo |
 Latvian: nenoteikts; neskaidrs |
 Malay: samar-samar |
 Dutch: vaag |
 Norwegian: uklar, ubestemmelig |
 Polish: niewyraźny, niejasny |
 Portuguese: vago |
 Romanian: vag |
 Russian: смутный |
 Slovak: nejasný, matný |
 Slovenian: nejasen |
 Serbian: nejasan |
 Swedish: vag, dunkel, oklar |
 Thai: คลุมเครือ |
 Turkish: belirsiz, açık seçik olma |
 Taiwanese: 模糊的 |
 Ukrainian: невизначений, невиразний |
 Urdu: غير واضح، مبہم |
 Vietnamese: mơ hồ |
 Chinese: 模糊的 |
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