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ballpark
[ bawl-pahrk ]
noun
- a tract of land where ball games, especially baseball, are played.
- a baseball stadium.
adjective
- Informal. being an approximation, based on an educated guess:
Give me a ballpark figure on our total expenses for next year.
ballpark
/ ˈɔːˌɑː /
noun
- a stadium used for baseball games
- informal.
- approximate range
in the right ballpark
- ( as modifier )
a ballpark figure
- informal.a situation; state of affairs
it's a whole new ballpark for him
Word History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
- in the ballpark, Informal. within reasonable, acceptable, or expected limits:
The price may go up another $10, but that's still in the ballpark.
Example Sentences
"It would be a massive honour to, hopefully, be in that ballpark of people who have achieved amazing things," says Yee.
It lives in the ripple effect of ballpark excess.
Can a family of four afford hundreds of dollars to enjoy a day at the ballpark?
There was “a lot of chaos,” manager Mark Kotsay told the Sacramento Bee, as the team tried to figure out how to navigate the much smaller footprint of a triple-A ballpark.
If you build a better ballpark, will they come?
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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