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arbitratearbitrate /ˈɑrbəˌtreɪt/ verb [intransitive, transitive] ETYMOLOGYarbitrateOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin, past participle of arbitrari, from arbiter; ➔ ARBITER VERB TABLEarbitrate |
Present | I, you, we, they | arbitrate | | he, she, it | arbitrates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | arbitrated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have arbitrated | | he, she, it | has arbitrated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had arbitrated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will arbitrate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have arbitrated |
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Present | I | am arbitrating | | he, she, it | is arbitrating | | you, we, they | are arbitrating | Past | I, he, she, it | was arbitrating | | you, we, they | were arbitrating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been arbitrating | | he, she, it | has been arbitrating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been arbitrating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be arbitrating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been arbitrating |
to officially judge how an argument between two opposing sides should be settled: The commission has the power to arbitrate pay disputes.arbitrate between A committee will arbitrate between management and unions.—arbitrator noun [countable] |