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# arbitrarily

«arbitrarily» in Mova's school dictionary: **Without a real reason or plan, by chance or by a choice…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (arbitrarily)

### meaning for a pupil

Without a real reason or plan, by chance or by a choice that is not fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arbitrarily/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, you can choose a number arbitrarily (any number). In everyday talk, rules made arbitrarily seem unfair. Phrases: «chosen arbitrarily».

### examples

- He picked a card arbitrarily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arbitrarily/#x1)
- Choose a starting number arbitrarily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arbitrarily/#x2)
- The rules seemed to change arbitrarily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arbitrarily/#x3)
- The teams were split arbitrarily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arbitrarily/#x4)
- Prices were set arbitrarily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arbitrarily/#x5)
- Pick any point arbitrarily on the line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/arbitrarily/#x6)

### note

Said «AR-bi-trer-i-lee» (UK «ar-bi-TRAIR-i-lee»). In maths, «arbitrary» means any one at all, with no special choice.

### Trees and pragmatics

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