What part of speech is arbitrary?

Arbitrary can be categorized as an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. arbitrary is an adjective.

Inflections

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more arbitrary
    most arbitrary
  • Positive: arbitrary 
  • Comparative: more arbitrary
  • Superlative: most arbitrary

What does arbitrary mean?

Definitions

Adjective

arbitrary - based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice; "an arbitrary decision"; "the arbitrary rule of a dictator"; "an arbitrary penalty"; "of arbitrary size and shape"; "an arbitrary choice"; "arbitrary division of the group into halves"

Examples of arbitrary

#   Sentence  
1. adj. An arbitrary decision.
2. adj. The arbitrary rule of a dictator.
3. adj. An arbitrary penalty.
4. adj. Of arbitrary size and shape.
5. adj. An arbitrary choice.
6. adj. Arbitrary division of the group into halves.
7. adj. My mother prefers the arbitrary selection of the lottery machines over my lucky numbers.
8. adj. Our decision to go to Portugal was quite arbitrary.
9. adj. Of course, they are suffering from terrible working conditions such as low wages and arbitrary layoffs, as well as from various forms of discrimination.
10. adj. Lemma 5 cannot be generalized to arbitrary artinian rings.
11. adj. Nowhere but in the world of the antique is it more obvious that many of the things that we as individuals hold dear are completely arbitrary.
12. adj. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
13. adj. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.
14. adj. C++0x will admit template functions that take an arbitrary number of arguments.
15. adj. Godwin's law teaches us that any infinite discussion about an arbitrary subject converges to a Nazi comparison.
Sentence  
adj.
An arbitrary decision.
The arbitrary rule of a dictator.
An arbitrary penalty.
Of arbitrary size and shape.
An arbitrary choice.
Arbitrary division of the group into halves.
My mother prefers the arbitrary selection of the lottery machines over my lucky numbers.
Our decision to go to Portugal was quite arbitrary.
Of course, they are suffering from terrible working conditions such as low wages and arbitrary layoffs, as well as from various forms of discrimination.
Lemma 5 cannot be generalized to arbitrary artinian rings.
Nowhere but in the world of the antique is it more obvious that many of the things that we as individuals hold dear are completely arbitrary.
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.
C++0x will admit template functions that take an arbitrary number of arguments.
Godwin's law teaches us that any infinite discussion about an arbitrary subject converges to a Nazi comparison.

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