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Meaning of ballpark | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. A field, stadium or park where ball, especially baseball, is played.
    US
  2. The general vicinity; somewhere close; a broad approximation.
    US, figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“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?”
“But touching his wife's feet and sticking your tongue in the holiest of holies ain't the same fucking ballpark, it ain't the same league, it ain't even the same fucking sport.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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