"ballpark" meaning in English

See ballpark in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

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Etymology: From ball + park. Sense 2 related to ballpark figure. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ball|park}} ball + park Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} ballpark (not comparable)
  1. Approximate; close; on the right order of magnitude. Tags: not-comparable Translations (approximate): تَقْرِيبِيّ (taqrībiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), ungefähr (German), grob (German), közelítő (Hungarian), megközelítő (Hungarian), hozzávetőleges (Hungarian), grov (Norwegian), omtrentlig (Norwegian), примерный (primernyj) (Russian), приблизительный (priblizitelʹnyj) (Russian), aproximado (Spanish), orientativo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ballpark-en-adj-CnHWmuEO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ballpark estimate, ballpark figure

Noun

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Etymology: From ball + park. Sense 2 related to ballpark figure. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ball|park}} ball + park Head templates: {{en-noun}} ballpark (plural ballparks)
  1. (US) A field, stadium or park where ball, especially baseball, is played. Tags: US Categories (topical): Baseball Translations (field): pilkejo (Esperanto), Stadion [neuter] (German), Platz [masculine] (German), baseballpálya (Hungarian), baseballstadion (Hungarian), stadion (Hungarian), pálya (Hungarian), idrettsanlegg [neuter] (Norwegian), стадион (stadion) (Russian), cancha [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ballpark-en-noun--9p3u~mN Disambiguation of Baseball: 9 82 4 5 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 42 17 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 47 6 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 55 11 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 65 8 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 20 47 20 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 19 51 20 9 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 31 47 10 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 23 45 23 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 22 49 20 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 29 52 5 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 25 57 4 14 Disambiguation of 'field': 100 0
  2. (US, figuratively) The general vicinity; somewhere close; a broad approximation. Tags: US, figuratively Translations (general vicinity): Gegend [feminine] (German), közelítés (Hungarian), közelítő/hozzávetőleges érték/adat (Hungarian), приблизи́тельная оце́нка (priblizítelʹnaja océnka) [feminine] (Russian), сре́днее по больни́це (srédneje po bolʹníce) [colloquial] (Russian), vecindad [feminine] (Spanish), región [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ballpark-en-noun-vGU6crQ4 Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of 'general vicinity': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: all over the ballpark, ballpark estimation, ballpark frank, ballparkish, hit one out of the ballpark, in the ballpark, knock it out of the ballpark, knock one out of the ballpark, ballpark estimate, ballpark figure

Verb

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Etymology: From ball + park. Sense 2 related to ballpark figure. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ball|park}} ball + park Head templates: {{en-verb}} ballpark (third-person singular simple present ballparks, present participle ballparking, simple past and past participle ballparked)
  1. (transitive, informal) To make a rough estimate of. Tags: informal, transitive Translations (make an estimate): abschätzen (German), приблизи́тельно оце́нивать (priblizítelʹno) [imperfective] (Russian), прики́дывать (prikídyvatʹ) [imperfective, informal] (Russian), estimar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ballpark-en-verb-PW4ph9L2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "ballpark figure"
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      "word": "hit one out of the ballpark"
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      "word": "in the ballpark"
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      "sense": "field",
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      "code": "de",
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          "text": "Ballpark what you need in each category and average those amounts by 12 months.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "text": "8 August 2018, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky in AV Club, Jason Statham fighting a giant shark should be a lot more fun than The Meg\nscience has deduced the following: that megalodon was the biggest and baddest of all sharks and, less cinematically, that it had a lower intestine not unlike that of some modern shark species. Scientists estimate its length at around 40 to 50 feet, Alten’s novel bumps it up to 65 feet, and the movie ballparks it at “75 to 90 feet.”"
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      "sense": "make an estimate",
      "word": "abschätzen"
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      "word": "estimar"
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