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# umpire

«umpire» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who watches a game to make sure the rules are…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an umpire, umpires); verb (umpire, umpires, umpired, umpiring)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An umpire is a person who watches a game to make sure the rules are followed and decides what happens, in sports like cricket, baseball, tennis and Australian rules football. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/umpire/#m1)

2) To umpire is to be the umpire in a game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/umpire/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In PE and sport, the umpire's decision is final: in cricket the umpire raises a finger to give a batter out; in baseball the umpire calls «strike» or «ball»; in tennis the umpire sits on a high chair. Football and rugby use «referee» instead. In lessons on fair play, players respect the umpire even when they disagree. Phrases: «the umpire's decision», «appeal to the umpire».

### examples

- The umpire said the batter was out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/umpire/#x1)
- In tennis the umpire sits on a tall chair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/umpire/#x2)
- Always respect the umpire's decision. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/umpire/#x3)
- The baseball umpire called «Strike three!». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/umpire/#x4)
- Our PE teacher umpired the netball match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/umpire/#x5)
- The umpire raised one finger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/umpire/#x6)
- Players shook hands with the umpires after the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/umpire/#x7)
- The bear came forward as umpire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/umpire/#x8)

### note

Plural: umpires. Use «an umpire» (vowel sound). Umpire or referee? Cricket, baseball, tennis, netball, hockey, Aussie rules: umpire; football (soccer), rugby, basketball, boxing: referee.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «umpire» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/umpire/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.