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arbitrate

Syllables: ar·bi·trateUK/ˈɑːbɪtɹeɪt/

arbitrate verb: to make a judgment (on a dispute) as an arbitrator or arbiter.

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
    • to arbitrate a disputed case
    • There shall your swords and lances arbitrate / The swelling difference of your settled hate.1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...
  2. To submit (a dispute) to such judgment
  3. (rare) To assign an arbitrary value to, or otherwise determine arbitrarily.
    • We wish to show f is continuous. Arbitrate epsilon greater than zero...

arbitrate meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

arbitrate in Tamil

தீர்ப்பளி, நடுநிலைத் தீர்ப்பளி, நடுவராயிருந்து, தீர்ப்புக்கூறு மத்தியஸ்தத்திற்கு விடு, காரணிகராய் இரு

arbitrate in Bengali

সালিশ করা, মীমাংসা করা

arbitrate in Malayalam

മാദ്ധ്യസ്ഥ്യം വഹിക്കുക, നിർണ്ണയിക്കുക

arbitrate in Kannada

ತೀರ‍್ಮಾನಿಸು, ಮಧ್ಯಸ್ಥನಾಗಿ ತೀರ್ಮಾನಿಸು, ಪಂಚಾಯತಿ ಮಾಡು, ತೀರ್ಮಾನ ಮಾಡು
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arbitrate in Arabic
يَفْصِل yafṣil, يَحْكُم yaḥkum, يَقْضِي yaqḍī

Synonyms of arbitrate

All synonyms of arbitrate

Forms of arbitrate

third-person singular presentarbitrates
present participlearbitrating
past participlearbitrated
pastarbitrated

Past tense of arbitrate: arbitrated

Origin of arbitrate

From Latin arbitratus, past participle of arbitrari (“to be a witness, act as umpire”), from arbiter (“umpire”); see arbiter.

Words formed from arbitrate

Questions about arbitrate

What does arbitrate mean?
Arbitrate means to make a judgment (on a dispute) as an arbitrator or arbiter.
What is arbitrate in Tamil?
Arbitrate in Tamil is தீர்ப்பளி, நடுநிலைத் தீர்ப்பளி, நடுவராயிருந்து. See Arbitrate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is arbitrate?
Arbitrate is a verb.
How do you pronounce arbitrate?
Arbitrate is pronounced /ˈɑːbɪtɹeɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of arbitrate?
The past tense of arbitrate is arbitrated.

Words near arbitrate in the dictionary

  1. arbitrary units
  2. arbitrary-precision arithmetic
  3. arbitraryness
  4. arbitrarynesses
  5. arbitratable
  6. arbitrate
  7. arbitrated
  8. arbitrates
  9. arbitrating
  10. arbitration
  11. arbitration of exchange

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Adapted from Wiktionary: arbitrate (page history and authors); arbitrate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); arbitrate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); arbitrate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); arbitrate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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