MEANING
To settle or decide a dispute as an appointed or accepted independent decision-maker.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- arbitrate a dispute
- arbitrate between parties
On the page
The panel arbitrated the dispute after hearing both accounts.
She agreed to arbitrate, not to represent either party.
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Word forms
- Base
- arbitrate
- Past tense
- arbitrated
- Past participle
- arbitrated
- Present participle
- arbitrating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- arbitrate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are arbitrating
- Present perfect
- have/has arbitrated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been arbitrating
- Past
- arbitrated
- Past continuous
- was/were arbitrating
- Past perfect
- had arbitrated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been arbitrating
- Future
- will arbitrate
- Future continuous
- will be arbitrating
- Future perfect
- will have arbitrated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been arbitrating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: arbitrate; arbitrates; arbitrated; arbitrated; arbitrating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: arbitrates.
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