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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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pundit
English
Alternative forms
- pandit
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi ?????? (pa??it), from Sanskrit ?????? (pa??ita, “scholar, learned man, teacher, philosopher”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?p?n.d?t/
- Rhymes: -?nd?t
Noun
pundit (plural pundits)
- An expert in a particular field, especially as called upon to provide comment or opinion in the media; a commentator, a critic. [from 19th c.]
- 2006, The Observer, 4 Jun 2006:
- This week we introduce Jenny Walker, who will be The Observer's expert pundit for the duration of the World Cup.
- 2006, The Observer, 4 Jun 2006:
- A learned person in India; someone with knowledge of Sanskrit, philosophy, religion and law; a Hindu scholar. [from 17th c.]
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘On the City Wall’, In Black and White, Folio Society 2005, p. 430:
- Pundits in black gowns, with spectacles on their noses and undigested wisdom in their insides; bearded headmen of the wards; [...] all these people and more also you might find in the white room.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘On the City Wall’, In Black and White, Folio Society 2005, p. 430:
- (historical) A native surveyor in British India, trained to carry out clandestine surveillance beyond British borders.
- 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 295:
- At every hundredth pace the Pundit would automatically slip one bead. Each complete circuit of the rosary thus represented ten thousand paces.
- 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 295:
Derived terms
- punditocracy
- punditry
Translations
See also
- hafiz, hafez
- pandit
- qari'
Further reading
- pundit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- undipt
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