Definition of Umpire

1. Noun. An official at a baseball game.

Exact synonyms: Ump
Generic synonyms: Official

2. Verb. Be a referee or umpire in a sports competition.
Exact synonyms: Referee
Category relationships: Athletics, Sport
Generic synonyms: Judge
Derivative terms: Referee, Refereeing, Umpirage, Umpirage

3. Noun. Someone chosen to judge and decide a disputed issue. "An umpire was appointed to settle the tax case"
Exact synonyms: Arbiter, Arbitrator
Generic synonyms: Evaluator, Judge
Specialized synonyms: Third Party
Derivative terms: Arbitrate, Arbitrate

Definition of Umpire

1. n. 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.

2. v. t. To decide as umpire; to arbitrate; to settle, as a dispute.

3. v. i. To act as umpire or arbitrator.

Definition of Umpire

1. to act as umpire (a person appointed to rule on the plays in a game) [v -PIRED, -PIRING, -PIRES]

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