What does vague mean?

Definitions for vague
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. obscure, vagueadjective

    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. undefined, vagueadjective

    not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished

    "an undefined term"; "undefined authority"; "some undefined sense of excitement"; "vague feelings of sadness"; "a vague uneasiness"

  3. dim, faint, shadowy, vague, wispyadjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. vagueadjective

    not clearly expressed; stated in indefinite terms.

  2. vagueadjective

    not having a precise meaning.

    a vague term of abuse

  3. vagueadjective

    not clearly defined, grasped, or understood; indistinct; slight.

  4. vagueadjective

    not clearly felt or sensed; somewhat subconscious.

    a vague longing

  5. vagueadjective

    not thinking or expressing one's thoughts clearly or precisely.

  6. vagueadjective

    lacking expression; vacant.

  7. vagueadjective

    not sharply outlined; hazy.

Wikipedia

  1. vague

    In linguistics and philosophy, a vague predicate is one which gives rise to borderline cases. For example, the English adjective "tall" is vague since it is not clearly true or false for someone of middling height. By contrast, the word "prime" is not vague since every number is definitively either prime or not. Vagueness is commonly diagnosed by a predicate's ability to give rise to the Sorites paradox. Vagueness is separate from ambiguity, in which an expression has multiple denotations. For instance the word "bank" is ambiguous since it can refer either to a river bank or to a financial institution, but there are no borderline cases between both interpretations. Vagueness is a major topic of research in philosophical logic, where it serves as a potential challenge to classical logic. Work in formal semantics has sought to provide a compositional semantics for vague expressions in natural language. Work in philosophy of language has addressed implications of vagueness for the theory of meaning, while metaphysicians have considered whether reality itself is vague.

ChatGPT

  1. vague

    Vague refers to something that is uncertain, unclear, or imprecise in meaning or details. It lacks specificity and may be difficult to understand or interpret accurately. A vague statement or concept leaves room for interpretation or ambiguity, often due to a lack of specific information or detail provided.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Vagueverb

    wandering; vagrant; vagabond

  2. Vagueverb

    unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous; as, a vague idea; a vague proposition

  3. Vagueverb

    proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated; uncertain; flying; as, a vague report

  4. Vaguenoun

    an indefinite expanse

  5. Vagueverb

    to wander; to roam; to stray

  6. Vaguenoun

    a wandering; a vagary

  7. Etymology: [F. vaguer, L. vagari, fr. vagus roaming.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Vague

    vāg, adj. unsettled: indefinite: uncertain: of doubtful origin: not thinking clearly.—v.i. (obs.) to wander.—n. indefinite expanse.—adv. Vague′ly.—n. Vague′ness. [Fr.,—L. vagus, wandering.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. VAGUE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Vague is ranked #82317 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Vague surname appeared 229 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Vague.

    86.9% or 199 total occurrences were White.
    5.6% or 13 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.6% or 6 total occurrences were Black.
    2.6% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.

British National Corpus

  1. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'vague' in Adjectives Frequency: #758

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of vague in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of vague in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of vague in a Sentence

  1. Jim Jeffrey:

    It's full of holes, all I know it will stop the Turks from moving forward. Whether the Russians will ever live up to their commitment, which is very vague, to ... get the YPG out of their areas, I don't know.

  2. Sonja Nixon Frazier:

    We saw the driver was slumped over the wheel so we ran to him and pulled him out of the car, i checked for a pulse and found that it was vague. I almost couldn't find it at first. My coworker called 911, but I noticed his fingertips, his ears, and his lips were all blue.

  3. Chris Petley:

    From the moment January Littlejohn first emailed January Littlejohn child's teacher to inform our staff of the situation, this has been handled together in partnership with clear communication. We understand that outside entities have now become involved, but the family clearly instructed the school staff via email to allow their child to' take the lead on this' and to do' whatever you think is the best,' additionally, our superintendent met with the family and committed to amend any vague or unclear policy language -- of which we have created a committee and are working on currently. We truly hope for a swift outcome in this case in order to allow the student to continue to succeed in school.

  4. Elizabeth Warren:

    I'm not running some consultant-driven campaign with some vague ideas that are designed not to offend anyone, i'm running a campaign based on a lifetime of fighting for working families. I'm running a campaign from the heart.

  5. Lakshheish M Patel:

    Like everyday of stock market sharp fall , SBI securities had made its web trading platform pages vague and unresponsive and even its mobile app was disabled ,so that traders are not able to sell their shares and even internet outage took place between 2:55 to 3:17 pm. What a perfect game to loot traders invested money

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