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{ "term": "pitch", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "b2", "image": "data/images/sp/sports_team.png", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "an area of ground specially prepared and marked for playing a sports game", "labels": "(British English)North American English, British English", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "a **football pitch**" }, { "text": "a cricket/rugby/hockey pitch" }, { "text": "an artificial pitch" }, { "text": "After the game fans invaded the pitch." }, { "text": "The rugby tour was a disaster both on and off the pitch *(= they lost their matches and the players behaved badly while on tour, getting bad news reports)*." }, { "text": "He was the best player on the pitch today." }, { "text": "Negotiations about his transfer are continuing off the pitch." }, { "text": "The pitch was invaded by angry fans." }, { "text": "The players have just come off the pitch." }, { "text": "The game ended in chaos with fans invading the pitch." } ], "topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["all-weather", "grass", "synthetic"], "verb + pitch": ["invade", "run onto"], "pitch + noun": ["invasion"], "preposition": ["off the pitch", "on a/the pitch"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "how high or low a sound is, especially a musical note", "cefr": "c1", "examples": [ { "text": "A basic sense of rhythm and pitch is essential in a music teacher." }, { "text": "The pitch of the drum can be raised by tightening the skin." }, { "text": "Her voice fell in pitch as she grew older." }, { "text": "The instrument is not tuned to the correct pitch." } ], "topics": ["Language", "Music"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["high", "low", "correct"], "verb + pitch": ["fall in", "rise in", "change"], "phrases": ["have perfect pitch"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "the degree or strength of a feeling or activity; the highest point of something", "examples": [ { "text": "a frenetic pitch of activity" }, { "text": "Speculation has reached such a pitch that a decision will have to be made immediately." }, { "text": "to reach a high pitch of excitement" } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["fever", "high"], "verb + pitch": ["reach", "rise to"], "preposition": ["pitch of"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "talk or arguments used by a person trying to sell something or persuade people to do something", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "an aggressive **sales pitch**" }, { "text": "the candidate’s campaign pitch" }, { "text": "Each company was given ten minutes to **make its pitch**." }, { "text": "Farley was about to make a pitch to a big client." }, { "text": "His pitch to the business community was based on common sense." }, { "text": "Marcelo will be making his pitch to a small number of potential clients." }, { "text": "The executives listened open-mouthed as she seamlessly delivered a pitch for their business." }, { "text": "a strong pitch delivered by advertising executives" } ], "topics": ["Opinion and argument"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["sales", "good", "strong"], "verb + pitch": ["deliver", "do", "give"], "pitch + noun": ["meeting"], "preposition": ["pitch for", "pitch to"] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "an act of throwing the ball; the way in which it is thrown", "labels": "especially British English", "examples": [], "collocations": { "adjective": ["wild"], "verb + pitch": ["deliver", "hit", "make"] } }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "a black sticky substance made from oil or coal, used on roofs or the wooden boards of a ship to stop water from coming through", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "a place in a street or market where somebody sells things, or where somebody performs in order to entertain people outdoors", "labels": "(British English)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "a place in a campsite where you can put up one tent or park one caravan, etc.", "labels": "(British English)North American English", "examples": [ { "text": "Pitches to rent from only £15 per night." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 9, "definition": "the movement of a ship up and down in the water or of an aircraft in the air", "labels": "(specialist)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": 10, "definition": "the degree to which a roof slopes", "labels": "(specialist)", "examples": [ { "text": "The pitch of the roof is 45 degrees." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to make a determined effort to get something or to persuade somebody of something", "examples": [ { "text": "He made a pitch to black voters in Alabama." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to cause somebody’s plans to fail or to destroy their chances of getting something", "labels": "(British English, informal)", "examples": [] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/pɪtʃ/", "audio": "pi/pitch/pitch__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/pɪtʃ/", "audio": "pi/pitch/pitch__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "noun senses 1 to 5 and noun senses 7 to 9 Middle English (as a verb in the senses ‘thrust (something pointed) into the ground’ and ‘fall headlong’): perhaps related to Old English picung ‘stigmata’, of unknown ultimate origin. The sense development is obscure. noun sense 6 Old English pic (noun), pician (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch pek and German Pech; based on Latin pix, pic-." }