word-vault/dist/data/cards/ar/arbitrary.json

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{
    "term": "arbitrary",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "not seeming to be based on a reason, system or plan and sometimes seeming unfair",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The choice of players for the team seemed completely arbitrary."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He makes unpredictable, arbitrary decisions."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["completely", "entirely", "purely"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "using power without limits and without considering other people",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the arbitrary powers of officials"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɑːbɪtrəri//ˈɑːbɪtri/",
                "audio": "ar/arbitrary/arbitrary__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɑːrbɪtreri/",
                "audio": "ar/arbitrary/arbitrary__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘dependent on one's will or pleasure, discretionary’): from Latin arbitrarius, from arbiter ‘judge, supreme ruler’, perhaps influenced by French arbitraire."
}