Umpire Meaning
/ˈʌm.paɪə(ɹ)/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn official who presides over a sports match.
nounAn official who presides over a sports match., The official who presides over a tennis match sat on a high chair.
Sentence Examples
The umpire was partial to the team from his country.
It is not easy to be an umpire today.
CEFR Practice Quiz
During the baseball game, the ____ called the runner out after a close play at home plate.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____'s decision was final, and the players had to accept it, even if they did not agree with him today.
Word Origin & History
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”). Doublet of nonpareil.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"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, […], published 1760, →OCLC, page 34:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
During the baseball game, the ____ called the runner out after a close play at home plate.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____'s decision was final, and the players had to accept it, even if they did not agree with him today.