equivocate
Meaning of equivocate
- use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself.
the government have equivocated too often in the past
late Middle English (in the sense ‘use a word in more than one sense’): from late Latin aequivocat- ‘called by the same name’, from the verb aequivocare, from aequivocus (see equivocal).
Information about equivocate
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of equivocate is: equivocates.
- Languages in which equivocate is used:
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Hyphenation of equivocate
equiv-o-cate
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- equivocate is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
equivocate synonyms
Meaning beat around the bush:
tergiversate, prevaricate, palter
Meaning surround with a hedge:
Meaning conduct a discussion or argument in an evasive way:
Meaning waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive:
Meaning make petty or unnecessary objections:
Meaning be undecided between two opinions or courses of action:
Meaning argue or raise objections about a trivial matter:
Meaning avoid making a decision or committing oneself in order to gain time:
Meaning pause in indecision before saying or doing something:
Meaning speak or write at length in a vague or trivial manner:
Meaning use bland fluent talk to avoid addressing a difficult subject or situation directly:
Translation of equivocate
- French: tergiverser
- Spanish: tergiversar
- Italian: tergiversare
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