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Meaning of Arbiter | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈɑː.bɪ.tə(ɹ)

Definitions

  1. A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them; an arbitrator.
  2. A person or object having the power of judging, determining, or ordaining; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited.
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  3. A component in circuitry that allocates scarce resources.

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Examples

“In order to protect individual liberty there must be an arbiter between the governing powers and the governed.”
“Television and film, not Vogue and similar magazines, are the arbiters of fashion.”
“The grapholect of Standard English is not the exclusive system that arbiters of cultural purity wish to 'correct' us into believing”
“The dreadnought is the ultimate arbiter of space warfare; millions of tons of metal, ceramic, and polymer dedicated to the projection of firepower against an enemy vessel of like ability. No sane commander would face a dreadnought with anything less than another dreadnought.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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