"arbitrate" meaning in English

See arbitrate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈɑːbɪtɹeɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-arbitrate.wav Forms: arbitrates [present, singular, third-person], arbitrating [participle, present], arbitrated [participle, past], arbitrated [past]
Etymology: From Latin arbitratus, past participle of arbitrari (“to be a witness, act as umpire”), from arbiter (“umpire”); see arbiter. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|arbitratus}} Latin arbitratus Head templates: {{en-verb}} arbitrate (third-person singular simple present arbitrates, present participle arbitrating, simple past and past participle arbitrated)
  1. To make a judgment (on a dispute) as an arbitrator or arbiter Translations (to make a judgment on): διαιτάω (diaitáō) (Ancient Greek), يَفْصِل (yafṣil) [masculine] (Arabic), يَحْكُم (yaḥkum) [masculine] (Arabic), يَقْضِي (yaqḍī) [masculine] (Arabic), arbitrar (Catalan), 调停 (tiáotíng) (Chinese Mandarin), arbitracii (Esperanto), toimia välimiehenä (Finnish), arbitror (Latin), dømme (Norwegian), arbitrażować [imperfective] (Polish), arbitrar (Portuguese), arbitrar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-arbitrate-en-verb-tTDLeOGJ Disambiguation of 'to make a judgment on': 75 24 1
  2. To submit (a dispute) to such judgment Translations (to submit to be judged): viedä välimiesoikeuteen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-arbitrate-en-verb-KpPlXsZl Disambiguation of 'to submit to be judged': 5 91 4
  3. (mathematics, rare) To assign an arbitrary value to, or otherwise determine arbitrarily. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Mathematics
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: rearbitrate Related terms: arbiter, arbitrable, arbitrability, arbitrage, arbitrary, arbitration, arbitrator

Inflected forms

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