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ballpark Definition

☆ ball·park (bôl′pärk′)

noun

a stadium, outdoor arena, or other facility for contests between athletic teams, esp. baseball or football teams

adjective

Informal designating an estimate, figure, etc. that is thought to be fairly accurate
ballpark Idioms

in the ballpark

Informal
  1. fairly accurate
  2. fairly close to what is required
ballpark Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • same: The theories, however, are not even in the same ballpark.
  • right: That would put the enlarged East Belfast in the right ballpark.
  • whole: Making NTFS essentially a device driver layer add-on drives Windows compatibility into a whole new ballpark.
  • major: Check out track all their minor league players in we have tickets for every major league ballpark.
  • own: Sorry, if Jenkins and Co. wanted to run off and play in their own ballpark that was up to them.

Modifies a noun

  • figure: Outside the South East, a ballpark figure for setting up a small office for four people might be £ 5,000.
  • estimate: During this process, you will form a ballpark estimate of the item.
  • cost: We will present the results of the Site audit along with a suggested Action Plan and ballpark costs.
  • idea: This record works on so many levels and simply quoting lyrics can only give you a ballpark idea.
  • budget: There were no real differences in price between the companies, because they all tailored their solutions to the ballpark budget we stated.
  • number: Make up a tentative guest list so you have a ballpark number of people you plan to invite.

Noun used with modifier

  • league: Check out track all their minor league players in we have tickets for every major league ballpark.