umpire
Syllables: um·pireUK/ˈʌm.paɪə(ɹ)/US/ˈʌm.paɪɹ/
umpire noun: an official who presides over a sports match.
Noun
umpire (plural umpires)
- An official who presides over a sports match.
- And you, O King, and you, O Goldry Bluszco, are likewise bound by oath to wrastle fairly and to abide by the ruling of me, the Red Foliot, whom ye are content to choose as your umpire.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 20
- The official who presides over a tennis match sat on a high chair.
- One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
- One of the officials who preside over a baseball game.
- The umpire called the pitch a strike.
- The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side or next to the referee on the offensive side.
- 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. There may be up to four umpires depending on the league. The other officials, the goal umpires and boundary umpires, are usually referred to by those phrases.
- The official who presides over a curling game.
- A person who arbitrates between contending parties.
- You for their umpire and their ſynod take, / And their appeal alone to Cæſar make.a. 1701 (date written), 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, […]...
Verb
umpire (third-person singular simple present umpires, present participle umpiring, simple past and past participle umpired)
- To act as an umpire in a game.
- To decide as an umpire.
- Judges appointed to umpire the matter in contest between them, and to decide where the right lies.1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London
Proper noun capitalized: Umpire
Umpire
- An unincorporated community in Howard County, Arkansas, United States, named for the umpire of a baseball game.
- Synonyms:
- Busby
- An unincorporated community in Wright County, Missouri, United States. Origin of the name unknown.
umpire meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
umpire in Hindi
- अंपायर, अम्पायर, अंपायर करना
umpire in Tamil
- umpire, referee
- நடுவர் naṭuvar
umpire in Marathi
- an official who oversees a game or match
- पंच pañca
umpire in Urdu
- فیصل, حکم, ثالث
More languagesFewer languages
- umpire in Bengali
- আম্পায়ার, অম্পায়ার
- umpire in Telugu
- అంపైర్, అంపైరు
- umpire in Malayalam
- ഇടനിലക്കാരൻ, മദ്ധ്യസ്ഥൻ, അംപയർ
- umpire in Kannada
- ತೀರ್ಪುಗಾರ, ನಿರ್ಣಯಕಾರ, ಮಧ್ಯಸ್ಥ, ಪಂಚಾಯತ
- umpire in Punjabi
- ਅੰਪਾਇਰ
- umpire in Gujarati
- અમ્પાયર, અંપાયર, અમ્પાયરે
- umpire in Odia
- ଅମ୍ପାଯ଼ାର, ଅମ୍ପାଯ଼ର୍, ଆମ୍ପାଯ଼ାର
- umpire in Nepali
- अम्पायर, अंपायर, अम्पायरिङ
- umpire in Arabic
- حكم
- umpire in Persian
- داور dâvar
Examples of umpire in a sentence
- The umpire quieted the crowd so the game could continue in peace.
- I thought the ball hit the line, but the umpire said it was out.
- The umpire placed the wickets 10 minutes before the match started.
Synonyms of umpire
Forms of umpire
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | umpires |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | umpires |
| present participle | umpiring |
| past participle | umpired |
| past | umpired |
Origin of umpire
From a Middle English rebracketing of a noumper as an oumper, from Old French nonper (“odd number, not even (as a tie-breaking arbitrator)”), from non (“not”) + per (“equal”), from Latin par (“equal”).
Words formed from umpire
Phrases with umpire
Words that rhyme with umpire
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- desire
- esquire
- inspire
- tire
- acquire
- admire
- dire
- empire
- respire
- sire
- transpire
- trier
- dryer
- friar
- fryer
- gyre
- lyre
- mire
- misfire
- require
- underfire
- aspire
- bemire
- buyer
- conspire
- inquire
- overfire
- perspire
- quire
- tyre
- attire
- briar
- crier
- higher
- lier
- overtire
- Pryor
- pyre
- re-retire
- retrochoir
- rewire
- supplier
- suspire
- underwire
- unretire
- afire
- byre
- drier
Questions about umpire
- What does umpire mean?
- Umpire means an official who presides over a sports match.
- What is umpire in Hindi?
- Umpire in Hindi is अंपायर, अम्पायर, अंपायर करना. See Umpire meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is umpire?
- Umpire can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce umpire?
- Umpire is pronounced /ˈʌm.paɪə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of umpire?
- The plural of umpire is umpires.
Words near umpire in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: umpire (page history and authors); Umpire (page history and authors); umpire (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); நடுவர் (Tamil) (page history and authors); umpire (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); umpire (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); umpire (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); umpire (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); umpire (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); umpire (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); umpire (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); umpire (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); umpire (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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