Umpire

[Um·pire]

An official at a baseball game

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A person to whose sole decision a controversy or question between parties is referred; especially, one chosen to see that the rules of a game, as cricket, baseball, or the like, are strictly observed.

Noun
an official at a baseball game

Verb
be a referee or umpire in a sports competition

n.
A person to whose sole decision a controversy or question between parties is referred; especially, one chosen to see that the rules of a game, as cricket, baseball, or the like, are strictly observed.

n.
A third person, who is to decide a controversy or question submitted to arbitrators in case of their disagreement.

v. t.
To decide as umpire; to arbitrate; to settle, as a dispute.

v. t.
To perform the duties of umpire in or for; as, to umpire a game.

v. i.
To act as umpire or arbitrator.

Umpire

Um"pire , n. [OE. nompere, nounpere (also impier, fr. F. impair uneven), fr. OF. nomper uneven, F. non-pair; hence the meaning, uneven, i. e., third person; non not + OF. per even, equal, peer, F. pair; cf. L. impar uneven, unequal. See Non-, and Peer, n.] 1. A person to whose sole decision a controversy or question between parties is referred; especially, one chosen to see that the rules of a game, as cricket, baseball, or the like, are strictly observed.
A man, in questions of this kind, is able to be a skillful umpire between himself and others.
2. (Law) A third person, who is to decide a controversy or question submitted to arbitrators in case of their disagreement. Blackstone. Syn. -- Judge; arbitrator; referee. See Judge.

Umpire

Um"pire, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Umpired ; p. pr. & vb. n. Umpiring.] 1. To decide as umpire; to arbitrate; to settle, as a dispute.
Judges appointed to umpire the matter in contest between them, and to decide where the right lies.
2. To perform the duties of umpire in or for; as, to umpire a game. [Colloq.]

Umpire

Um"pire, v. i. To act as umpire or arbitrator.

A person to whose sole decision a controversy or question between parties is referred; especially, one chosen to see that the rules of a game, as cricket, baseball, or the like, are strictly observed.

To decide as umpire; to arbitrate; to settle, as a dispute.

To act as umpire or arbitrator.

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Usage Examples

My dad was a carpenter and I would work with him during the summer and umpire on the nights I wasn't playing.

Peace is the umpire for doing the will of God.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.

Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile.