umpires

• adjudges
• adjudicates
• adjudicators
• arbiters
• arbitrates
• arbitrators
• conciliators
• concludes
• considers
• deciders
• decides
• deems
• deliberates
• determines
• go-betweens
• hears
• intermediaries
• intermediates
• judges
• jurists
• justices
• magistrates
• mediates
• mediators
• mediatrixes
• moderates
• moderators
• negotiates
• negotiators
• peacemakers
• ponders
• prosecutes
• reconcilers
• redetermines
• referees
• rejudges
• resolves
• settles
• sizes up
• tries
• troubleshooters
• weighs

• equivocates
• hedges
• pussyfoots
• skirts

• noun
  1. The official who presides over a tennis game sat on a high chair.
  2. One of the two white-coated officials who preside over a cricket match.
  3. One of usually 4 officials who preside over a baseball game.
  4. The official who stands behind the line on the defensive side.
  5. 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.
  6. A person who arbitrates between contending parties.
  7. The official who presides over a curling game.

• The baseball players exchanged glances, awaiting the umpires' decision on the close call.
• In the heated tennis match, both players appealed to the umpires for a fair judgment.
• The soccer team respected the authority of the umpires and played with sportsmanship.
• A hush fell over the stadium as the cricket umpires deliberated on the LBW appeal.
• During the volleyball championship, the crowd erupted in cheers or jeers based on the umpires' calls.

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