Meanings
present singular third person arbitrates · participle present arbitrating · participle past arbitrated · past arbitrated
- To make a judgment (on a dispute) as an arbitrator or arbiter
to arbitrate a disputed case
1 more example
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 the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]Synonyms: adjudge, deem, rule on, adjudge, adjudicate, deem, doom, hear
- To submit (a dispute) to such judgment
- raremathematicsTo assign an arbitrary value to, or otherwise determine arbitrarily.
We wish to show f is continuous. Arbitrate epsilon greater than zero...
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo make a judgment (on a dispute) as an arbitrator or arbiter
More synonyms by meaning
verbact between parties with a view to reconciling differences
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinarbitratus
- Englisharbitrate
From Latin arbitratus, past participle of arbitrari (“to be a witness, act as umpire”), from arbiter (“umpire”); see arbiter.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek διαιτάω
- διαιτάω (diaitáō)to make a judgment on
Arabic يَفْصِل, يَحْكُم
- يَفْصِل (yafṣil)to make a judgment on
- يَحْكُم (yaḥkum)to make a judgment on
- يَقْضِي (yaqḍī)to make a judgment on
Catalan arbitrar
- arbitrarto make a judgment on
Chinese Mandarin 调停
- 调停 (tiáotíng)to make a judgment on
Esperanto arbitracii
- arbitraciito make a judgment on
Finnish toimia välimiehenä, viedä välimiesoikeuteen
- toimia välimiehenäto make a judgment on
- viedä välimiesoikeuteento submit to be judged
Latin arbitror
- arbitrorto make a judgment on
Norwegian dømme
- dømmeto make a judgment on
Polish arbitrażować
- arbitrażowaćto make a judgment on
Portuguese arbitrar
- arbitrarto make a judgment on
Spanish arbitrar
- arbitrarto make a judgment on
Cite this entry
arbitrate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arbitrate
“arbitrate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arbitrate. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arbitrate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arbitrate.
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