umpire
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From a Middle English rebracketing of noumpere, from Old French nonper (“odd number, not even (as a tie-breaking arbitrator)”), from non (“not”) + per (“equal”), from Latin par (“equal”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
umpire (plural umpires)
- (tennis, badminton) The official who presides over a tennis game sat on a high chair.
- (cricket) One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
- (baseball) One of usually 4 officials who preside over a baseball game.
- (American football) The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side.
- The umpire must keep on his toes as the play often occurs around him.
- (Australian rules football) 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.
- (law) A person who arbitrates between contending parties.
- a. 1701, John Dryden, “To His Sacred Majesty. A Panegyric on his Coronation.”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume I, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760, OCLC 863244003, page 34:
- You for their umpire and their ſynod take, / And their appeal alone to Cæſar make.
- (curling) The official who presides over a curling game.
Coordinate termsEdit
Usage notesEdit
- In general, and as a usage guideline, a referee moves around with the game, while an umpire stays (approximately) in one place.
TranslationsEdit
an official who oversees a game or match
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a person who arbitrates between contending parties
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VerbEdit
umpire (third-person singular simple present umpires, present participle umpiring, simple past and past participle umpired)
- (sports, intransitive) To act as an umpire in a game.
- Coordinate term: referee
- (transitive) To decide as an umpire.
- 1698, Robert South, Twelve Sermons upon Several Subjects and Occasions
- Judges appointed to umpire the matter in contest between them, and to decide where the right lies.
- 1698, Robert South, Twelve Sermons upon Several Subjects and Occasions
TranslationsEdit
to act as an umpire in a game
arbitrate — see arbitrate
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- referee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- umpire (cricket) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- umpire (baseball) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
AnagramsEdit
SpanishEdit
NounEdit
umpire m (plural umpires)