UMPIRING Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

umpiring

verb

present participle of umpire

as in deciding

to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute) in our family disputes regarding the use of our home entertainment system are umpired by Dad

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Recent Examples of umpiring Ogilvie has also squeezed in umpiring the last three years. — Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026 And the next day, umpiring behind the plate, Bucknor took a foul ball flush in the mask in the second inning and had to come out of the game. — Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026 Evans actually spends time umpiring youth games. — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026 Complaints to umpires by players and managers who disagree with a call are as old as umpiring itself. — Becky Sullivan, NPR, 13 Aug. 2025 Pawol began umpiring baseball in 2016 in Rookie ball, after years of calling NCAA softball games. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2025 In 2010, Pawol began umpiring college softball before attending an MLB umpire tryout 2015. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025 His 40 seasons umpiring in the majors are the most by any umpire. — Rich Rovito, The Seattle Times, 30 June 2017

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Woodrow Wilson, having suffered a debilitating stroke in 1919, refused to yield the presidency while his wife and physician quietly hid his condition from the country, deciding on his behalf what the nation would be permitted to know.

— Michael Sonnenfeldt, Fortune, 19 July 2026
The family deciding what to put on the table tonight does not, and there is no defensible reason for that.

— Mike Snider, USA Today, 19 July 2026

Definition of deciding

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In automotive supply chains, resilience is ultimately built at the point of execution where disruption stops being theoretical and starts determining whether vehicles roll off the line or sit unfinished on the factory floor.

— Anand Gupta, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Adversaries can jam or spoof satellite navigation signals, potentially preventing drones from accurately determining their positions.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026

Definition of determining

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Oyster was checked by a specialist vet who deemed her as healthy and has since been settling into a sanctuary with specialist facilities for primates.

— Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
If big-city energy appeals, with days spent wandering between markets and museums before settling into a top table for dinner, then the Western Cape—home to Cape Town—might be the best choice.

— Katie Silcox, Vogue, 21 July 2026

Definition of settling

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Beyond on-pitch disputes over refereeing calls, life and politics have spilt into the tournament like never before.

— Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Social media has been flooded with posts from users in Colombia, Chile, Uruguay, Ecuador and Peru questioning refereeing decisions or expressing disapproval of Argentina, while messages mocking rival teams also proliferated from Argentine accounts.

— Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

Definition of refereeing

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But the speech gave him a fresh outrage through which to revisit an old defeat, accuse his own government of betrayal and force the press to spend the evening adjudicating his claims.

— Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 17 July 2026
The final overriding decision was therefore not simply a process of adjudicating biological facts, but a judgment about what classification might do.

— Max Moser, STAT, 9 July 2026

Definition of adjudicating

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Meanwhile, the leaders reported that the core business of the guild — paying residuals, arbitrating credit disputes, and so on — continues, though the guild’s offices, theater and library remain closed.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 28 Apr. 2026
Its jurisdiction over credits is especially powerful, arbitrating decisions that can shape careers, reputations, and earnings.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 5 Feb. 2026

Definition of arbitrating

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