arbitrary
adjective IELTS
- English meaning
- Based on chance or personal choice rather than reason or rules.
- Example
The decision to reject the application seemed arbitrary.
- Common collocations
- arbitrary decision; arbitrary rules; fairly arbitrary
- Word family
- arbitrarily
- Academic Word List · Sublist 8
Translation
- 한국어임의적인, 자의적인
- 中文随意的，武断的
- 日本語恣意的な
- ไทยตามอำเภอใจ
- Bahasa Indonesiasewenang-wenang
- Tiếng Việttùy tiện
- Русскийпроизвольный
- हिन्दीमनमाना
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