Usually means: Unclear, lacking definite form, imprecise.
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We found 36 dictionaries that define the word vague:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. vague: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. vague: Merriam-Webster
  3. vague: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. vague: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. vague: Collins English Dictionary
  6. vague: Vocabulary.com
  7. Vague, vague: Wordnik
  8. vague: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. vague: Wiktionary
  10. vague: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. vague: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. vague: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. vague: Dictionary.com
  14. vague: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. vague: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Vague (club), Vague (song): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Vague: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. vague: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. vague: Rhymezone
  20. vague, vague, vague (f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. vague: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. vague: FreeDictionary.org
  23. vague: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. vague: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. vague: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. vague: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. vague: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. vague: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. vague: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. VAGUE: Acronym Finder
  2. vague: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. vague: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Vague: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Not clearly expressed; stated in indefinite terms.
adjective:  Not having a precise meaning.
adjective:  Not clearly defined, grasped, or understood; indistinct; slight.
adjective:  Not clearly felt or sensed; somewhat subconscious.
adjective:  Not thinking or expressing one’s thoughts clearly or precisely.
adjective:  Lacking expression; vacant.
adjective:  Not sharply outlined; hazy.
adjective:  Wandering; vagrant; vagabond.
noun:  (obsolete) A wandering; a vagary.
noun:  An indefinite expanse.
verb:  (archaic) to wander; to roam; to stray.
verb:  To become vague or act in a vague manner.
verb:  (Internet slang, intransitive) To make vague negative comments publicly; to make highly veiled complaints or insults.

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