ballpark

Definition

  • noun: a park in which baseball games are played
  • noun: a park in which ball games (as baseball) are played

Examples

  • We don't know exactly how many people live in this city, but a 'ballpark' figure/estimate would be about two million.

  • An offer of $5,000 would be 'in the' (right) 'ballpark' for this car. [=this car is worth about $5,000]

  • My first guess wasn't even 'in the ballpark'. [=it was not close to being correct]

Movie quotes

  • (..) Verizon Wireless presents the Indominus rex. That is so terrible. Why not just go the distance, and just let these corporations name the dinosaurs? They've got all the ballparks. -Why stop there? -Why are the West Plains closed? Another Pachy roaming outside his zone. But he's fully sedated (..)
    2015 Jurassic World