pitch
noun /pɪtʃ/
/pɪtʃ/
Idioms 
enlarge image(British English)(also field North American English, British English)[countable] an area of ground specially prepared and marked for playing a sports game- a football pitch
- a cricket/rugby/hockey pitch
- an artificial pitch
- After the game fans invaded the pitch.
- 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).
Extra ExamplesTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsb2- He was the best player on the pitch today.
- Negotiations about his transfer are continuing off the pitch.
- The pitch was invaded by angry fans.
- The players have just come off the pitch.
- The game ended in chaos with fans invading the pitch.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- all-weather
- grass
- synthetic
- …
- invade
- run onto
- invasion
- off the pitch
- on a/the pitch
- [singular, uncountable] how high or low a sound is, especially a musical note
- A basic sense of rhythm and pitch is essential in a music teacher.
Extra ExamplesTopics Languagec1, Musicc1- The pitch of the drum can be raised by tightening the skin.
- Her voice fell in pitch as she grew older.
- The instrument is not tuned to the correct pitch.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- low
- correct
- …
- fall in
- rise in
- change
- …
- have perfect pitch
- [singular, uncountable] the degree or strength of a feeling or activity; the highest point of something
- a frenetic pitch of activity
- Speculation has reached such a pitch that a decision will have to be made immediately.
- to reach a high pitch of excitement
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fever
- high
- reach
- rise to
- pitch of
see also fever pitch - [countable, usually singular] talk or arguments used by a person trying to sell things or persuade people to do something
- an aggressive sales pitch
- the candidate’s campaign pitch
- Each company was given ten minutes to make its pitch.
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc2- Farley was about to make a pitch to a big client.
- His pitch to the business community was based on common sense.
- Marcelo will be making his pitch to a small number of potential clients.
- The executives listened open-mouthed as she seamlessly delivered a pitch for their business.
- a strong pitch delivered by advertising executives
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sales
- good
- strong
- …
- deliver
- do
- give
- …
- meeting
- pitch for
- pitch to
- [countable] an act of throwing the ball; the way in which it is thrownSynonyms throwthrow
- toss
- hurl
- fling
- chuck
- lob
- bowl
- pitch
- throw to send something from your hand or hands through the air:
- Some kids were throwing stones at the window.
- She threw the ball and he caught it.
- toss to throw something lightly or carelessly:
- She tossed her jacket onto the bed.
- hurl to throw something violently in a particular direction:
- Rioters hurled a brick through the car’s windscreen.
- fling to throw somebody/something somewhere with a lot of force, especially because you are angry or in a hurry:
- She flung the letter down onto the table.
- chuck (especially British English, informal) to throw something carelessly:
- I chucked him the keys.
- lob (informal) to throw something so that it goes high through the air:
- They were lobbing stones over the wall.
- bowl (in cricket) to throw the ball to the batsman
- pitch (in baseball) to throw the ball to the batter
- to throw/toss/hurl/fling/chuck/lob/bowl/pitch something at/to somebody/something
- to throw/toss/fling/chuck something aside/away
- to throw/toss/hurl/fling/chuck/lob/bowl/pitch a ball
- to throw/toss/hurl/fling/chuck stones/rocks/a brick
- to throw/toss/hurl/fling something angrily
- to throw/toss something casually/carelessly
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- wild
- deliver
- hit
- make
- …
- [uncountable] 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
- [countable] (British English) a place in a street or market where somebody sells things, or where somebody performs in order to entertain people outdoors
- (British English) (North American English campsite)a place in a campsite where you can put up one tent or park one caravan, etc.
- Pitches to rent from only £15 per night.
- [uncountable] (specialist) the movement of a ship up and down in the water or of an aircraft in the air compare roll
- [singular, uncountable] (specialist) the degree to which a roof slopes
- The pitch of the roof is 45 degrees.
for sport
of sound
degree/strength
to sell something
in baseball
black substance
in street/market
camping
of ship/aircraft
of roof
Word Originnoun 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-.
Idioms
make a pitch for somebody/something | make a pitch to somebody
- to make a determined effort to get something or to persuade somebody of something
- He made a pitch to black voters in Alabama.
queer somebody’s pitch | queer the pitch (for somebody)
- (British English, informal) to cause somebody’s plans to fail or to destroy their chances of getting something