pitch
- Top 3000
Sense 1
- noun
- B2
An area of marked ground where a game such as football, rugby or cricket is played.
Heavy rain left the pitch too muddy to play on.
The players walked onto the pitch to loud applause.
Two men mark out the white lines on the pitch.
Their new pitch has floodlights and seating for three thousand.
Common collocations: football pitch · cricket pitch · on the pitch · leave the pitch · a waterlogged pitch
Part of: Sport, Buildings and places
Sense 2 · less common
- verb
- B2
To throw a ball, especially to the batter in a game of baseball.
He pitched the ball hard and low across the plate.
She learned to pitch with her left arm after an injury.
Whoever pitches next must throw at least three innings.
Common collocations: pitch a ball · pitch fast · pitch a curveball · pitch an inning
Part of: Sport, Exercise and fitness
Sense 3 · less common
- noun
- C1
How high or low a sound or a voice is.
Her voice rose in pitch as she grew more excited.
Singers have to listen hard to stay at the right pitch.
The old piano sounds odd because its pitch has dropped.
Common collocations: perfect pitch · high pitch · a change of pitch · in pitch · pitch and volume
Part of: Music
Sense 4 · less common
- noun
- C1
A short talk in which you try to persuade someone to buy something or agree to your idea.
We had ten minutes to make our pitch to the investors.
His sales pitch was smooth, but I still said no.
They rehearsed the pitch three times before the meeting began.
Common collocations: sales pitch · make a pitch · an elevator pitch · pitch to investors
Part of: Talking to people, The office
Forms
- plural
- pitches
- third_person
- pitches