Definition of UMPIRE

umpire

Plural: umpires

Noun

  • an official at a baseball game
  • someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue
    • "an umpire was appointed to settle the tax case"
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • An official who presides over a sports match.
  • 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.
  • An official who presides over a sports match.
  • The official who presides over a curling game.
  • A person who arbitrates between contending parties.

Verb

Verb Forms: umpired, umpiring, umpires

  • To officiate a game, making rulings on plays and disputes.
  • be a referee or umpire in a sports competition
  • To act as an umpire in a game.
  • To decide as an umpire.

Examples

  • My friend had to umpire our heated Words With Friends match after a contested word.
  • The umpire called the pitch a strike.
  • The umpire must keep on his toes as the play often occurs around him.

Origin / Etymology

From a Middle English rebracketing of a noumpere as an oumpere, from Old French nonper (“odd number, not even (as a tie-breaking arbitrator)”), from non (“not”) + per (“equal”), from Latin par (“equal”). Doublet of nonpareil.

Scrabble Score: 10

umpire: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
umpire: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
umpire: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

umpire: valid Words With Friends Word