Meaning

2 senses
  1. (US)A field, stadium or park where ball, especially baseball, is played.

    Stadion, Platz

    стадионstadion

    a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games)

  2. (US, figuratively)The general vicinity; somewhere close; a broad approximation.

    Let’s get in the ballpark, then worry about the fine details.

    Gegend, Größenordnung

    приблизи́тельная оце́нкаpriblizítelʹnaja océnka, сре́днее по больни́цеsrédneje po bolʹníce

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Let's all go to the ballpark.

  2. He showed me the way to the ballpark.

  3. You can go to the ballpark on this bus.

  4. Could you tell me how to get to the ballpark?

    deKönnen Sie mir sagen, wie man zum Baseballplatz kommt? — Esperantostern

  5. He hit one straight out of the ballpark.

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
field:
general vicinity:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
field:
general vicinity:

Origin

From ball + park. Sense 2 related to ballpark figure.

From ball + park. Sense 2 related to ballpark figure.

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Forms

plural: ballparks
Singularballpark
Pluralballparks

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games):park
  • near to the scope or range of something:approximate range

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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