umpire
noun
a person selected to rule on the plays in a game.
will umpire
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future tenseof umpire.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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A woman will umpire a major league game for the first time Saturday when Jen Pawol works the bases during Saturday’s doubleheader between the Atlanta Braves and visiting Miami Marlins at Truist Park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025
By the time the season ends in August, she will umpire up to 75 games.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 25, 2016
Her third softball season for girls and women begins in late May, when she will umpire her first tournament, either in Janesville or Milton.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 25, 2016
He will umpire for us, I know, and tell who's out, and when the balls go straight, and all that.
From Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble by Howard Roger Garis
Moreover, I will umpire if the tide turns against us.”
From The Idler Magazine, Volume III, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various
