2syllables
umpire
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Definitions ofumpire
1noun
- The official who presides over a tennis game sat on a high chair.
- One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
- One of usually 4 officials who preside over a baseball game.
Example: "The umpire called the pitch a strike."
- The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side.
Example: "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. As of 2007 the Australian Football League uses 3, or in the past 2 or just 1. The other officials, the goal umpires and boundary umpires, are normally not called just umpires alone.
- A person who arbitrates between contending parties.
- The official who presides over a curling game.
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