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Definition umpire

Etymology

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”)

For other similar cases of incorrect division, see also Category:English rebracketings.

Noun

umpire (plural umpires)

  1. (tennis) The official who presides over a tennis game sat on a high chair.
  2. (cricket) One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
  3. (baseball) One of usually 4 officials who preside over a baseball game.
  4. (American football) The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side.
  5. (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.
  6. (law) A person who arbitrates between contending parties.
  7. (curling) The official who presides over a curling game.

Verb

umpire (third-person singular simple present umpires, present participle umpiring, simple past and past participle umpired)

  1. (sports, intransitive) To act as an umpire in a game.
  2. (transitive) To decide as an umpire; to arbitrate; to settle (a dispute, etc.).

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IMPURE 13
UMPIRE 13
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PRIME 11
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EMIR 7
MIRE 7
MURE 8
PERI 7
PERM 10
PIER 7
PRIM 10
PURE 8
PURI 8
RIME 7
RIPE 7
RUMP 11
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EMU 7
IMP 9
IRE 3
MIR 6
PER 6
PIE 6
PIU 7
PUR 7
REI 3
REM 6
REP 6
RIM 6
RIP 6
RUE 4
RUM 7
UMP 10
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ER 2
ME 5
MI 5
MU 6
PE 5
PI 5
RE 2
UM 6
UP 6

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