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An umpire is an official in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection.

The word umpire was formed by metanalysis, or the changing of the division of words based upon how they sound together. The original word in English was noumpere, which was a borrowing of the …

/ ˈʌm.paɪr / Add to word list a person who is present at a sports competition in order to make certain that the rules of that particular game are obeyed and to judge if particular actions are acceptable: a …

umpire noun A person, usually appointed, who decides the issues or results, or supervises the conduct, of a competition or conflict:

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.

Definition of umpire noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.