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Past tense of arbitrate

regular verb

The past tense of arbitrate is arbitrated. The past participle is also arbitrated.

Forms of arbitrate

Base form (V1)arbitrate /ˈɑːbɪtɹeɪt/
Past tense (V2)arbitrated
Past participle (V3)arbitrated
Present participlearbitrating
Third person singulararbitrates

Arbitrated in a sentence

  • The terms of the contract were arbitrated neutrally by a third party.From the entry neutrally
  • I arbitrated complex employee grievance matters.1987, Trans World Airlines' Employment, Retention, and Promotion of Blacks. From the entry nonjury

Meaning of arbitrate

  1. verb To make a judgment (on a dispute) as an arbitrator or arbiter.
  2. verb To submit (a dispute) to such judgment.
  3. verb To assign an arbitrary value to, or otherwise determine arbitrarily.

Full definition of arbitrate

Questions about the past tense of arbitrate

What is the past tense of arbitrate?
The past tense of arbitrate is arbitrated.
What is the past participle of arbitrate?
The past participle of arbitrate is arbitrated.
Is arbitrate a regular or irregular verb?
Arbitrate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: arbitrate (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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