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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
umpire
I.noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ I thought he was out, but the umpire called him safe.
▪ Mack was thrown out of the game for hitting an umpire.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A case requiring action by the umpire before the batsman needed to correct the wicket?
▪ An umpire was appointed to determine the rent of a mill.
▪ Every man was his own umpire.
▪ He was chosen as one of the umpires in a musical contest between Apollo and Pan.
▪ I yelled and I screamed at umpires, at everybody, and they all jumped back.
II.verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ At their request he umpired their boat-races on the River Wear.
▪ Or what about the Bosporus; the last traditional boat used to umpire the races at the regatta.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Umpire

Umpire \Um"pire\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Umpired; p. pr. & vb. n. Umpiring.]

  1. To decide as umpire; to arbitrate; to settle, as a dispute.

    Judges appointed to umpire the matter in contest between them, and to decide where the right lies.
    --South.

  2. To perform the duties of umpire in or for; as, to umpire a game. [Colloq.]

Umpire

Umpire \Um"pire\, v. i. To act as umpire or arbitrator.

Umpire

Umpire \Um"pire\, n. [OE. nompere, nounpere (also impier, fr. F. impair uneven), fr. OF. nomper uneven, F. non-pair; hence the meaning, uneven, i. e., third person; non not + OF. per even, equal, peer, F. pair; cf. L. impar uneven, unequal. See Non-, and Peer, n.]

  1. A person to whose sole decision a controversy or question between parties is referred; especially, one chosen to see that the rules of a game, as cricket, baseball, or the like, are strictly observed.

    A man, in questions of this kind, is able to be a skillful umpire between himself and others.
    --Barrow.

  2. (Law) A third person, who is to decide a controversy or question submitted to arbitrators in case of their disagreement.
    --Blackstone.

    Syn: Judge; arbitrator; referee. See Judge.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
umpire

mid-14c., noumper, from Old French nonper "odd number, not even," in reference to a third person to arbitrate between two, from non "not" (see non-) + per "equal," from Latin par (see par). Initial -n- lost by mid-15c. due to faulty separation of a noumpere, heard as an oumpere. Originally legal, the gaming sense first recorded 1714 (in wrestling).

umpire

1610s, from umpire (n.). Related: Umpired; umpiring.

Wiktionary
umpire

n. 1 (context tennis English) The official who presides over a tennis game sat on a high chair. 2 (context cricket English) One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match. 3 (context baseball English) One of usually 4 officials who preside over a baseball game. 4 (context American football English) The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side. 5 (context Australian rules football English) 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. 6 (context legal English) A person who arbitrates between contending parties vb. 1 (context sports intransitive English) To act as an umpire in a game. 2 (context transitive English) To decide as an umpire; to arbitrate; to settle (a dispute, etc.).

WordNet
umpire
  1. n. an official at a baseball game [syn: ump]

  2. v. be a referee or umpire in a sports competition [syn: referee]

Wikipedia
Umpire (cricket)

In cricket, an umpire (from the Old French nompere meaning not a peer, i.e. not a member of one of the teams, impartial) is a person who has the authority to make judgements on the cricket field, according to the laws of cricket. Besides making decisions about legality of delivery, appeals for wickets and general conduct of the game in a legal manner, the umpire also keeps a record of the deliveries and announces the completion of an over.

A cricket umpire is not to be confused with the referee who usually presides only over international matches and makes no decisions affecting the outcome of the game.

Umpire (Australian rules football)

An umpire is an official in the sport of Australian rules football who adjudicates the game according to the "Laws Of The Game", the official handbook of Australian Rules Football.

Umpire (baseball)

In baseball, the umpire is the person charged with officiating the game, including beginning and ending the game, enforcing the rules of the game and the grounds, making judgment calls on plays, and handling the disciplinary actions. The term is often shortened to the colloquial form ump. They are also sometimes addressed as' blue' at lower levels due to the common color of the uniform worn by umpires. In professional baseball, the term "blue" is seldom used by players or managers, who instead call the umpire by name. Although games were often officiated by a sole umpire in the formative years of the sport, since the turn of the 20th century, officiating has been commonly divided among several umpires, who form the umpiring crew.

Umpire (field hockey)

An umpire in field hockey is a person with the authority to make decisions on a hockey pitch in accordance with the rules of the game. Each match is controlled by two such umpires. In theory they are responsible for decisions taken on their respective half of the field, but practically they 'control' on either diagonal half of the field. In many higher-level events, a reserve umpire is appointed in addition to the two field umpires to act as a back-up in the event of injury or other issue preventing a field umpire from commencing or continuing a match. In World-Level competitions, a video umpire is also appointed in addition to the field and reserve umpires.

Umpire (disambiguation)

An umpire is a person of authority in a sports game.

Specific sports umpires include:

  • Umpire (baseball)
  • Umpire (cricket)
  • International Umpire of Sailing

Umpire may also refer to:

In geography:

  • Umpire, Arkansas

In military:

  • HMS Umpire, Royal Navy ships

In law:

  • Umpire (law), an arbitration officer in the United States
  • Crown Umpire, the chief arbitrator under the British Unemployment Insurance Act of 1911

Usage examples of "umpire".

Indeed he rather over-did it, and the batsman, who was a sportsman and knew Charles, appealed to the umpire to say he was really out.

Henry, observing the low condition of the crown, had laid a scheme for restoring his own authority, by acting as umpire between the parties, by moderating their differences, and by reducing both to a dependence upon himself.

Be a advised that I am Nicor of Rishana, who is to umpire the forthcoming contest between Toka and Sarenn.

For three innings neither side scored, and in the fourth each got a man across the plate, but in the fifth the All-Americas increased their score by seven runs, and the crowd, evidently thinking that the game was over, swarmed across the field like an army of Kansas grasshoppers, and Ward, ordering his men into their positions, claimed the game of Tener, who was umpiring, which the latter gave him by a technical score of 9 to 0, the score books showing 8 to 2.

The Diaboli called this conference so that they might act as umpires on all current interhuman disputes to their own advantage, and remain the supreme court of judgment over us hereafter.

The fighters who had managed to snare each other were Gregg and Dave, with Sarge standing by as a bewildered umpire.

The umpire, blind to anything save the play at hand, commanded that the Taiwanese pitcher stop gawking at the scoreboard and get on with it.

Timmendiquas and Thayendanegea, acting as umpires watched the game closely to its finish, but not so the renegades Braxton Wyatt and Blackstaffe.

The umpires and stadium personnel finally got the field cleared, and the ball was put back into play.

This psionic ability had enabled the number of umpires to be reduced to one, even as the easy exhaustion of some races had forced changes in the rules governing substitutions.

The high contracting parties hereby solemnly engage to consider the decision of the commissioners conjointly, or of the arbitrator or umpire, as the case may be, as absolutely final and conclusive in each case decided upon by them or him respectively.

And thus all private judgment of every particular member being excluded, the community comes to be umpire, and by understanding indifferent rules and men authorised by the community for their execution, decides all the differences that may happen between any members of that society concerning any matter of right, and punishes those offences which any member hath committed against the society with such penalties as the law has established.

The job of government is to protect the people, to enforce the law, and to make sure people play by the rules, like the umpires on a ball field.

You can't, I suppose, win them all, but in Joby's case, it seemed to me, we had been bowled out by the umpire.

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