[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/arbiter.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / arbiter

[← A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/A/)

# arbiter

«arbiter» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person who settles an argument or decides who is right** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (arbiter, arbiters)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person who settles an argument or decides who is right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arbiter/#m1)

2) A person who has great power to decide what is good, like in fashion or taste. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arbiter/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and news: the referee is the arbiter of the game; magazines are arbiters of fashion. Phrases: «final arbiter», «arbiter of taste».

### examples

- The referee is the final arbiter on the pitch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arbiter/#x1)
- Mum acted as arbiter in our argument. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arbiter/#x2)
- The court is the arbiter in disputes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arbiter/#x3)
- The magazine was the arbiter of style. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arbiter/#x4)
- A fair arbiter listens to both sides. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arbiter/#x5)
- Let the teacher be the arbiter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arbiter/#x6)

### note

Similar: judge, referee, arbitrator. Formal.

### In the corpora

- [There is no arbiter betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.232/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «arbiter» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arbiter/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.