umpire.
An official who presides over a sports match.
Meaning & usage
An 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.
An official who presides over a sports match. One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
An official who presides over a sports match. One of the officials who preside over a baseball game.
The umpire called the pitch a strike.
An official who presides over a sports match. 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.
An official who presides over a sports match. 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.
An official who presides over a sports match. The official who presides over a curling game.
A person who arbitrates between contending parties.
Where this word comes from
From 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”).
To act as an umpire in a game.
To decide as an umpire.
Where this word comes from
From 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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