Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - arbitrary
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If you describe an action, rule, or decision as arbitrary, you think that it is not based on any principle, plan, or system. It often seems unfair because of this. Arbitrary arrests and detention without trial were common. ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval • arbitrarily The victims were not chosen arbitrarily. ADV: ADV with v ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Date: 15th century 1. depending on individual discretion (as of a judge) and not fixed by law the manner of punishment is ~ 2. a. not restrained or limited in the exercise of power ; ruling by absolute authority an ~ government b. marked by or resulting from the unrestrained and often tyrannical exercise of power protection from ~ arrest and detention 3. a. based on or determined by individual preference or convenience rather than by necessity or the intrinsic nature of something an ~ standard take any ~ positive number ~ division of historical studies into watertight compartments — A. J. Toynbee b. existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will when a task is not seen in a meaningful context it is experienced as being ~ — Nehemiah Jordan • arbitrarily adverb • arbitrariness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 based on or derived from uninformed opinion or random choice; capricious. 2 despotic. Derivatives arbitrarily adv. arbitrariness n. Etymology: L arbitrarius or F arbitraire (as ARBITER, -ARY(1)) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. произвольный, случайный arbitrary choice —- случайный выбор; выбор наудачу arbitrary signs and symbols —- полигр. условные знаки и обозначения 2. книж. капризный, непостоянный; своевольный 3. книж. деспотичный arbitrary rule —- деспотизм, произвол власти arbitrary government —- автократия ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj. 1) произвольный, случайный arbitrary choice - случайный выбор; выбор наудачу 2) book. капризный 3) book. деспотический arbitrary rule - деспотизм, произвол власти arbitrary government - автократия arbitrary signs and symbols - условные знаки и обозначения ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 14c., from L. arbitrarius, from arbiter "one who goes somewhere (as witness or judge)," from ad- "to" + baetere "to come, go." The original meaning of deciding by one's own discretion gradually descended to "capricious" (1646) and "despotic" (1642). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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