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1.nounThe official who presides over a tennis game sat on a high chair.
2.nounOne of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
3.nounOne of usually 4 officials who preside over a baseball game."The umpire called the pitch a strike."
4.nounThe official who stands behind the line on the defensive side."The umpire must keep on his toes as the play often occurs around him."
5.nounA match official on the ground deciding and enforcing the rules during play. As of 2007 the Australian Football League uses 3, or in the past 2 or just 1. The other officials, the goal umpires and boundary umpires, are normally not called just umpires alone.
6.nounA person who arbitrates between contending parties.
7.nounThe official who presides over a curling game.
8.verbTo act as an umpire in a game.
9.verbTo decide as an umpire.