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vague

/veɪɡ/
Meanings
  • adjective

    Lacking clear meaning or detail; imprecise.

    - "The instructions for assembling the furniture were vague."
    - "The politician gave vague promises about tax reforms."
Pronunciation
  1. /veɪɡ/



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  2. /veɪɡ/



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Synonyms

ambiguous , equivocal , ambiguous , equivocal , indistinct , obscure , dazed , erratic , roaming , unsettled , vagabond , vagrant , fuzzy , hazy , ill-defined , unclear , vacant , vacuous
Rhymes
Words rhyming with vague
mage , page , rage , cage , brake
Homophones
Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

  1. Vague (French) : Sea, ocean waves

  2. Vague (French) : Ambulance

Variants
List of all variants of vague that leads to same result
vague , vagueness , vaguenesses , vaguer , vaguest , nouvelle vague , nouvelle vagues
Etymology
origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

From Old French 'vague' meaning 'wandering, roving, uncertain'.

Trivia
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  1. The term 'vague' is often used in medical contexts to describe symptoms that are not clearly defined.

  2. The word 'vague' comes from the Old French word 'vague', meaning 'wandering, roving, uncertain'.

Related Concepts
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  1. Ambiguity: A state of being open to more than one interpretation.

  2. Imprecise: Lacking exactness or clarity.

  3. Indistinct: Lacking sharpness or clarity.

Quotes
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  1. At the end of half an hour Tom had a "vague" general idea of his lesson, but no more, for his mind was traversing the whole field of human thought, and his hands were busy with distracting recreations.

    - Mark Twain,{it}Tom Sawyer{/it},1876

  2. There are "vague" memories in our souls of those misty centuries when the world was in its childhood.

    - Arthur Conan Doyle,{it}A Study in Scarlet{/it},1887

  3. It thrilled him with a "vague" uncertain horror, to know that behind the dusky shroud, there were ghostly eyes intently fixed upon him, while he, though he stretched his own to the utmost, could see nothing but a spectral hand and one great heap of black.

    - Charles Dickens,{it}A Christmas Carol{/it},1843

  4. When my three years of military service ended, I looked around for some way to get to spend time in rural Vietnam as a civilian. The driving force was still primarily intellectual curiosity, along with a desire to improve my language ability in a non-Western language and some "vague" idea of doing folkloristic or literary studies in the future.

    - Neil L. Jamieson,{it}Understanding Vietnam{/it},(1993) 1995
Culture
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In literature, 'vague' is often used to describe ambiguous situations or unclear intentions. In music, a 'vague' genre can refer to a style that doesn't fit neatly into any one category.

How to Memorize "vague"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine a foggy day where everything is unclear and hard to see.
    - Visualize a jigsaw puzzle with missing pieces.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'vague' with the feeling of uncertainty.
    - Think of a cloudy day when describing something vague.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the acronym 'VAGUE' to remember the meaning: Vague - Lacking clear meaning or detail.
    - Visualize a foggy day to remember the word 'vague'.

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