From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Shapes, patternsvaguevague /veΙͺΙ‘/ βββS3 adjective1CLEAR/EASY TO UNDERSTAND#DETAIL#unclear because someone does not give enough detailed information or does not say exactly what they mean
The governor gave only a vague outline of his tax plan.vague about
Julia was vague about where she had been and what she had been doing.2 βhave a vague idea/feeling/recollection etc (that)3CFCLEAR/EASY TO SEEnot having a clear shape or formSYN indistinct
The vague shape of a figure loomed through the mist. βvagueness noun [uncountable]COLLOCATIONS β Meaning 2: adjectivesa vague idea/notionThe students only had a vague idea of what they were supposed to do.a vague sense/feelingShe had a vague feeling that she had let something important slip away.a vague recollection/memoryI have only a vague recollection of what the house looked like.a vague impressionEverything happens so quickly, though, that all you are left with is a vague impression.a vague suspicionA vague suspicion began to tug at Benny's mind.a vague unease/dreadI felt a vague unease.Examples from the Corpusvagueβ’ A Wellesley Collegespokeswoman was spectacularly vague.β’ Its regulations must be reasonable and not too vague.β’ None of these writers looks at houseworksatisfaction; the notion of femininedomesticity is undefined and usually rather vague.β’ Dave's instructions were rather vague.β’ Officials were vague about the number of weapons that were uncovered.β’ He was rather vague about the reasonswhy he never finished school.β’ She floatednear but outside her own body, feeling vague and intense at the same time.β’ They stood, she thought, the quintessential family, looking out from their sanctuary into the vague but hopefulunknown.β’ The doctor's vagueexplanations only increased Clara's fears.β’ I've only got a vague idea of what he wants for this project.β’ I only had a vague idea of where the place was.β’ vaguepromises of supportβ’ There have been vaguerumours of a coup.β’ I had heard vague rumours that they were getting married.β’ There were vague shapes of hills in the distance.β’ a vaguesmilevague aboutβ’ Johann was a little vague about where he was going.Originvague(1500-1600)FrenchLatinvagusβwandering, vagueβ
