umpire
/ˈʌm.paɪɹ/ verb C2- To act as an umpire in a game.
- To decide as an umpire.
He/she/it umpires · Past umpired · Past participle umpired · -ing form umpiring
Verb forms
- Base form
- umpire
- He/she/it
- umpires
- Past
- umpired
- Past participle
- umpired
- -ing form
- umpiring
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When the battle was at its height, a Sprat lifted its head out of the waves and said that he would reconcile their differences if they would accept him as an umpire.
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