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Definition of umpire verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

umpire

verb

NAmE//ˈʌmpaɪər//

[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they umpire

he / she / it umpires

past simple umpired

-ing form umpiring

to act as an umpire We need someone to umpire. umpire something to umpire a game of baseball

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