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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024um•pire /ˈʌmpaɪr/USA pronunciation n., v., -pired, -pir•ing. n. [countable] - Sporta person who rules on the plays in a game.
- Sporta person appointed to settle disputes about rules or to make a judgment on differences in a dispute.
v. - Sportto act as umpire in (a game): [~ + object]to umpire a baseball game.[no object]He umpired for the league.
- Sport[~ + object] to decide (a dispute) as umpire.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024um•pire (um′pīər),USA pronunciation n., v., -pired, -pir•ing. n. - Sporta person selected to rule on the plays in a game.
- Sportone selected to settle disputes about the application of settled rules or usages;
a person agreed on by disputing parties to arbitrate their differences.
v.t. - Sportto act as umpire in (a game).
- Sportto decide or settle (a controversy, dispute, or the like) as umpire;
arbitrate.
v.i. - Sportto act as umpire.
- Old French nomper, nonper arbiter, i.e., one not equal. See non-, peer1
- 1350–1400; Middle English umpere, variant of noumpere (a noumpere taken as an oumpere; compare adder, apron)
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged referee, arbiter, arbitrator.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See judge.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: umpire /ˈʌmpaɪə/ n - an official who rules on the playing of a game, as in cricket or baseball
- a person who rules on or judges disputes between contesting parties
vb - to act as umpire in (a game, dispute, or controversy)
Etymology: 15th Century: by mistaken division from a noumpere, from Old French nomper not one of a pair, from nom-, non- not + per equal, peer1 |