Meaning

1 senses

  1. To act as an arbiter.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Who appointed you as the arbiter of truth?

    deWer hat dich denn zum Rechtssprecher ernannt? — mramosch

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  2. An arbiter is a fair and impartial determiner of fact.

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  3. Google has become the de facto gatekeeper of the web, an arbiter of what is useful and what should get visibility.

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Origin

From Middle English arbiter, arbytour, arbitre, from Old French arbitre, from Latin arbite

From Middle English arbiter, arbytour, arbitre, from Old French arbitre, from Latin arbiter (“a witness, judge, literally one who goes to see”).

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Forms

arbiters, arbitering, arbitered, arbitered
Base formarbiter · to arbiter
3rd person singulararbiters
Present participlearbitering
Past simplearbitered
Past participlearbitered

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyarbiter
he, she, itarbiters

Past simpleLesson

all personsarbitered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave arbitered
he, she, ithas arbitered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill arbiter

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
arablearachnidarachnophobiaarbitrarilyarbitraryarbitration
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