UMPIRE


Meaning of UMPIRE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ʌmpaɪə(r) ]

( umpires, umpiring, umpired)

1.

An umpire is a person whose job is to make sure that a sports match or contest is played fairly and that the rules are not broken.

The umpire’s decision is final.

N-COUNT

2.

To umpire means to be the umpire in a sports match or contest.

He umpired baseball games...

He umpired for school football matches until he was in his late 50s.

VERB : V n , V

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