umpire
An official who presides over a sports matchAn official who presides over a sports match.
» I was asked to umpire the game.
Мене попросили бути суддєю під час гри.
Meaning
8 sensesAn official who presides over a sports match.
An official who presides over a sports match.
The official who presides over a tennis match sat on a high chair.
One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
One of the officials who preside over a baseball game.
The umpire called the pitch a strike.
an official at a baseball game
The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side or next to the referee on the offensive side.
The umpire must keep on his toes as the play often occurs around him.
A match official on the ground deciding and enforcing the rules during play. There may be up to four umpires depending on the league. The other officials, the goal umpires and boundary umpires, are usually referred to by those phrases.
The official who presides over a curling game.
A person who arbitrates between contending parties.
Schlichter, Schiedsrichter, Obmann
Examples
18 sentencesI was asked to umpire the game.
Мене попросили бути суддєю під час гри.
The umpire said that he was out.
It isn't easy to be an umpire.
deSchiedsrichter haben es nicht leicht.
It's not easy to be an umpire.
deSchiedsrichter haben es nicht leicht.
It isn't easy to be an umpire today.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From a Middle English rebracketing of a noumper as an oumper, from Old French nonper (“oddFrom a Middle English rebracketing of a noumper as an oumper, from Old French nonper (“odd number, not even (as a tie-breaking arbitrator)”), from non (“not”) + per (“equal”), from Latin par (“equal”).
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Forms
plural: umpiresSynonyms
3 synonyms- an official at a baseball game:ump
- someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue:arbiterarbitrator