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ballpark

/ˈbɔl(ˌ)pɑɹk/

ballpark noun: a field, stadium or park where ball, especially baseball, is played.

ballpark: a field, stadium or park where ball, especially baseball, is played
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Noun

ballpark (plural ballparks)

  1. (US) A field, stadium or park where ball, especially baseball, is played.
  2. (US, figuratively) The general vicinity; somewhere close; a broad approximation.
    • Let’s get in the ballpark, then worry about the fine details.
    • Some people say a lie is just a lie / But I say the cross is in the ballpark / Why deny the obvious, child?1990, “The Obvious Child””, in The Rhythm of the Saints, performed by Paul Simon, Warner Bros.

Adjective

ballpark (not comparable)

  1. Approximate; close; on the right order of magnitude.
    • These are ballpark prices: you could give or take a little either way.1986, Darrell J. Steffensmeier, The Fence: In the Shadow of Two Worlds, →ISBN, page 104

Verb

ballpark (third-person singular simple present ballparks, present participle ballparking, simple past and past participle ballparked)

  1. (informal, transitive) To make a rough estimate of.
    • If you don’t have the exact expense total, just ballpark it.
    • Ballpark what you need in each category and average those amounts by 12 months.2016, JoAnneh Nagler, How to be an artist without losing your mind, your shirt, or your creative compass, →ISBN, page 47

ballpark meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

ballpark in Hindi

बॉलपार्क

ballpark in Tamil

தோராயமாக, தோராயமாக அளவிடு

ballpark in Marathi

बॉलपार्क, बॉलपार्कला

ballpark in Urdu

بالپارک
More languagesFewer languages
ballpark in Bengali
বলপার্ক, বল্পার্ক
ballpark in Telugu
బాల్ పార్క్, బాల్పార్క్, బాల్ పార్కు
ballpark in Malayalam
ബോൾപാർക്ക്
ballpark in Kannada
ಬಾಲ್ ಪಾರ್ಕ್, ಬಾಲ್ಪಾರ್ಕ್
ballpark in Gujarati
બોલપાર્ક, બૉલપાર્ક
ballpark in Odia
ବଲ୍ପାର୍କ
ballpark in Nepali
बलपार्क, बल्पार्क
ballpark in Arabic
تَقْرِيبِيّ taqrībiyy

Examples of ballpark in a sentence

  • No more stalling. Give me a ballpark figure of our projected losses.
  • Some ballparks have signs saying "No pepper games".
  • "I'm headed to the ballpark," he'd say, dropping $20 on the desk in a Chicago hotel room.

All 18 example sentences with ballpark

Forms of ballpark

Noun
pluralballparks
Verb
third-person singular presentballparks
present participleballparking
past participleballparked
pastballparked

Plural of ballpark: ballparks

Origin of ballpark

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

Words formed from ballpark

Phrases with ballpark

Questions about ballpark

What does ballpark mean?
Ballpark means a field, stadium or park where ball, especially baseball, is played.
What is ballpark in Hindi?
Ballpark in Hindi is बॉलपार्क. See Ballpark meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is ballpark?
Ballpark can be a noun, an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce ballpark?
Ballpark is pronounced /ˈbɔl(ˌ)pɑɹk/ (US).
What is the plural of ballpark?
The plural of ballpark is ballparks.

Words near ballpark in the dictionary

  1. ballout
  2. ballouts
  3. Ballouville
  4. ballow
  5. ballows
  6. ballpark
  7. ballpark estimate
  8. ballpark estimates
  9. ballpark estimation
  10. ballpark estimations
  11. ballpark figure

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ballpark (page history and authors); ballpark (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ballpark (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ballpark (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ballpark (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ballpark (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ballpark (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ballpark (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ballpark (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ballpark (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ballpark (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ballpark (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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