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hilltop
English
Etymology
From hill +? top.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?h?lt?p/
Noun
hilltop (plural hilltops)
- The peak or crest of a hill.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.21:
- The territory should be small enough to be surveyed in its entirety from a hilltop.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.21:
Usage notes
- used attributively in phrases such as "a hilltop house"
Translations
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umpire
English
Etymology
From a Middle English rebracketing of noumpere, from Old French nonper (“odd number, not even (as a tie-breaking arbitrator)”), from non (“not”) + per (“equal”), from Latin par (“equal”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??m.pa?.?(?)/
- Rhymes: -a??(?)
Noun
umpire (plural umpires)
- (tennis, badminton) 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.
- (law) A person who arbitrates between contending parties.
- (curling) The official who presides over a curling game.
Coordinate terms
- referee
Usage notes
- In general, and as a usage guideline, a referee moves around with the game, while an umpire stays (approximately) in one place.
Translations
Verb
umpire (third-person singular simple present umpires, present participle umpiring, simple past and past participle umpired)
- (sports, intransitive) To act as an umpire in a game.
- Coordinate term: referee
- (transitive) To decide as an umpire.
- Synonyms: arbitrate, settle
- Judges appointed to umpire the matter in contest between them, and to decide where the right lies.
Translations
See also
- Category:English rebracketings.
Further reading
- referee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- umpire (cricket) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- umpire (baseball) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- impure, rumpie
Spanish
Noun
umpire m (plural umpires)
- umpire
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