If different modes of being require distinct logical treatment in formal ontology, the univocity of 'exist' in natural language may mask a theoretically motivated ambiguity that surface grammar underdetermines.
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Doesn't fully decide or pin down; leaves open multiple possible interpretations because there isn't enough information visible to choose just one.
univocity(linguistics and logic)
When a single word has exactly one consistent meaning wherever it's used (the opposite would be if the same word meant different things in different contexts).