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Meanings:
noun
Definition: The official who presides over a tennis game sat on a high chair.
Definition: One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
Definition: One of usually 4 officials who preside over a baseball game.
Example: The umpire called the pitch a strike.
Definition: 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.
Definition: 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.
Definition: A person who arbitrates between contending parties.
Definition: The official who presides over a curling game.
verb
Definition: To act as an umpire in a game.
Definition: To decide as an umpire.
Synonyms: arbitrate, settle,