umpire
noun
a person selected to rule on the plays in a game.
umpired
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past participleof umpire.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof umpire.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
umpirenouna person selected to rule on the plays in a game.
Example Sentences
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He also umpired charity matches for Queen Elizabeth II, whom he said he met 29 times.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025
Interested in majoring in sports medicine or exercise science, Kennedy is on Santa Margarita’s Varsity Leadership Counsel and has umpired and worked with young players on their mechanics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2025
West, 70, umpired a record 5,460 games from 1976 to 2021, breaking the prior mark of 5,375 set by Bill Klem.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
West called his first big league game in 1976 and broke Bill Klem’s record for most games umpired when he worked his 5,376th regular-season game last May.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 5, 2021
"I umpired a whole afternoon once for a village school at home, and they stood me a bottle of hot ginger beer."
From Traffics and Discoveries by Rudyard Kipling
