English-Thai Dictionary

arbitrary

ADJ ตามอำเภอใจ  โดยพลการ  ตามใจชอบ  ที่ ไม่ได้ ขึ้นอยู่กับ กฎเกณ ฑ์  โดย การ สุ่ม เลือก  โดย ไม่มี กฎเกณ ฑ์  dictatorial discretionary tam-am-poe-jai

 

arbitrary

ADJ เกี่ยวกับ อำนาจ เบ็ดเสร็จ  เกี่ยวกับ อำนาจ เผด็จการ  kiao-kab-am-nad-bed-sed

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ARBITRARY

a.[L. arbitrarious. ] 1. Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment.
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
2. Despotic; absolute in power; having no external control; as, an arbitrary prince or government.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ARBITRARY

Ar "bi *tra *ry, a. Etym: [L. arbitrarius, fr. arbiter: cf. F.arbitraire. See Arbiter. ]

 

1. Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment. It was wholly arbitrary in them to do so. Jer. Taylor. Rank pretends to fix the value of every one, and is the most arbitrary of all things. Landor.

 

2. Exercised according to one's own will or caprice, and therefore conveying a notion of a tendency to abuse the possession of power. Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused licentiousness. Washington.

 

3. Despotic; absolute in power; bound by no law; harsh and unforbearing; tyrannical; as, an arbitrary prince or government. Dryden. Arbitrary constant, Arbitrary function (Math. ), a quantity of function that is introduced into the solution of a problem, and to which any value or form may at will be given, so that the solution may be made to meet special requirements. -- Arbitrary quantity (Math. ), one to which any value can be assigned at pleasure.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

arbitrary

ar bi trar y |ˈärbiˌtrerē ˈɑrbəˌtrɛri | ▶adjective based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system: his mealtimes were entirely arbitrary. • (of power or a ruling body ) unrestrained and autocratic in the use of authority: arbitrary rule by King and bishops has been made impossible. • Mathematics (of a constant or other quantity ) of unspecified value. DERIVATIVES ar bi trar i ly |ˌärbiˈtre (ə )rəlē |adverb, ar bi trar i ness noun ORIGIN 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 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

arbitrary

arbitrary |ˈɑːbɪt (rə )ri | ▶adjective 1 based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system: an arbitrary decision. 2 (of power or a ruling body ) unrestrained and autocratic in the use of authority: a country under arbitrary government. 3 Mathematics (of a constant or other quantity ) of unspecified value. DERIVATIVES arbitrarily adverb, arbitrariness noun ORIGIN 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 .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

arbitrary

arbitrary adjective 1 an arbitrary decision: capricious, whimsical, random, chance, unpredictable; casual, wanton, unmotivated, motiveless, unreasoned, unsupported, irrational, illogical, groundless, unjustified; personal, discretionary, subjective. ANTONYMS reasoned, rational. 2 the arbitrary power of the prince: autocratic, dictatorial, autarchic, undemocratic, despotic, tyrannical, authoritarian, high-handed; absolute, uncontrolled, unlimited, unrestrained. ANTONYMS democratic.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

arbitrary

arbitrary adjective 1 an arbitrary decision from the top: capricious, whimsical, random, chance, erratic, unpredictable, inconsistent, wild, hit-or-miss, haphazard, casual; unmotivated, motiveless, unreasoned, unreasonable, unsupported, irrational, illogical, groundless, unjustifiable, unjustified, wanton; discretionary, personal, subjective; rare discretional. ANTONYMS rational, reasoned. 2 the arbitrary power of a prince: despotic, tyrannical, tyrannous, peremptory, summary, autocratic, dictatorial, authoritarian, draconian, autarchic; oppressive, repressive, undemocratic, illiberal; imperious, domineering, high-handed; absolute, uncontrolled, unlimited, unrestrained. ANTONYMS democratic, accountable.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

arbitrary

ar bi trar y /ɑ́ː r bətrèri |ɑ́ːbɪtr (ə )ri /形容詞 1 任意の, 恣意 （しい ）的な ; 気ままな, 勝手な ▸ make an arbitrary choice [decision ]任意に選択 [勝手に決定 ]する 2 独断的な, 横暴な .á r bi tr à r i ness 名詞