umpire
IPA: ˈʌmpaɪɝ
noun
- (tennis, badminton) The official who presides over a tennis match sat on a high chair.
- (cricket) One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
- (baseball) One of the officials who preside over a baseball game.
- (American football) The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side or next to the referee on the offensive side.
- (Australian rules football) A match official on the ground deciding and enforcing the rules during play. As of 2007 the Australian Football League uses three; in the past there were two or just one. The other officials, the goal umpires and boundary umpires, are usually referred to by those phrases.
- (law) A person who arbitrates between contending parties.
- (curling) The official who presides over a curling game.
- An unincorporated community in Howard County, Arkansas, United States, named for the umpire of a baseball game.
- An unincorporated community in Wright County, Missouri, United States. Origin of the name unknown.
verb
- (sports, intransitive) To act as an umpire in a game.
- (transitive) To decide as an umpire.
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Examples of "umpire" in Sentences
- The defense then appeals to the umpire.
- The players should respect the umpires.
- Soo becomes the umpire and Matthew becomes the bowler.
- They left the court without the permission of the umpire.
- Then the umpire knew he was not a mere adjunct to the game.
- Is there a controversy surrounding the decision by the umpire
- The vicar and the verger are to officiate the game as umpires.
- Barnes responded by admonishing the umpire for blocking the ball.
- The match later commenced, and the lecturer was nominated to be the umpire.
- He was the umpire of the controversial Whispers in the Sky controversy in 2005.