Umpire vs Umpirical - What's the difference?
umpire | umpirical |
(tennis) The official who presides over a tennis game sat on a high chair.
(cricket) One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
(baseball) One of usually 4 officials who preside over a baseball game.
(American football) The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side.
(Australian rules football) A 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.
(legal) A person who arbitrates between contending parties
(sports) To act as an umpire in a game.
To decide as an umpire; to arbitrate; to settle (a dispute, etc.).
* South
Of or pertaining to an umpire.
*{{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 13, author=Scott Simon, title=Baseball Law and Those Who Uphold It, work=New York Times
, passage=Cameras may have deprived officials of what amounts to umpirical judgment. }}
As a noun umpire
is (tennis) the official who presides over a tennis game sat on a high chair.As a verb umpire
is (sports|intransitive) to act as an umpire in a game.As an adjective umpirical is
of or pertaining to an umpire.umpire
English
(wikipedia umpire)Noun
(en noun)- The umpire called the pitch a strike.
- The umpire must keep on his toes as the play often occurs around him.
Usage notes
* In general, a referee moves around with the game, while an umpire stays (approximately) in one place.Verb
(umpir)- Judges appointed to umpire the matter in contest between them, and to decide where the right lies.
Synonyms
* refereeumpirical
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation