Meaning of pitch In English

• 0 an area painted with lines for playing particular sports, especially football:

  • a football/hockey/cricket pitch

  • Supporters invaded (= ran onto) the pitch.

• 1 the level or degree of something:

  • The piano and organ were tuned to the same pitch (= note).

  • If you teach children and adults in the same class, it's difficult to get the pitch (= level of difficulty or interest) right.

  • By this time their disagreement had reached such a pitch that there was no hope of an amicable conclusion.

  • The children were at fever pitch (= very excited) the day before the party.

• 2 a speech or act that attempts to persuade someone to buy or do something:

  • The man in the shop gave me his (sales) pitch about quality and reliability.

  • She made a pitch for the job but she didn't get it.

  • [ + to infinitive ] The city made a pitch to stage the Olympics.

  • The flower seller was at his usual pitch outside the station.

• 3 the amount of slope, especially of a roof:

  • This roof has a very steep/high/gentle/low pitch.

• 4 a thick, black substance that was used in the past to make wooden ships and buildings waterproof

• 5 a throw in a baseball game:

  • a good/bad pitch

• 6 the piece of ground on which you can put up a tent, park a caravan, etc.:

  • We chose a large level grassy pitch for our caravan.

• 7 to move or be moved suddenly, especially by throwing or being thrown:

  • She pitched the stone into the river.

  • The ball pitched (= landed) short.

  • The bike hit a rut and I was pitched (forward) onto the road.

  • The ship pitched up and down/from side to side in the rough seas.

• 8 in baseball, to throw a ball towards the player with the bat in order for them to try to hit it:

  • Who will be pitching first for the White Sox this evening?

• 9 to put up a tent and make it ready to use:

  • We pitched camp/our tent in the shade.

• 10 to express or set something at a particular level:

  • The tune was pitched (= the notes in it were) too high for me to reach the top notes.

  • A teacher's got to pitch a lesson at the right level for the students.

• 11 to try to persuade someone to do something:

  • She pitched her idea to me over a business lunch.

  • They are pitching for business at the moment.

• 12 to slope

• 13 to throw something, esp. forcefully:

  • She pitched a stone into the river.

• 14 (in baseball) to throw a baseball toward a player from the opposing team who tries to hit it with a baseball bat

• 15 to fall suddenly:

  • [ T ] The bus stopped suddenly, pitching everyone forward.

• 16 to raise a tent and fix it in place:

  • We pitched our tent in a sheltered area.

• 17 the degree to which a sound or a musical note has a high or low quality

• 18 a speech that attempts to persuade someone to buy or do something:

  • a sales pitch

• 19 the degree of slope, esp. of a roof

• 20 a thick, black, sticky substance used to make ships and roofs waterproof, and to cover cracks in roads

• 21 field

• 22 the words or speech someone, especially a salesperson, uses to persuade someone to buy, do, or use something:

  • Investors liked the pitch and agreed to back the start-up company.

  • make a pitch for sth A special team was sent to make a pitch for the new car plant to be built in Germany.

• 23 to set a price at a particular level:

  • Shares were eventually pitched at 100p when they began trading at the beginning of June.

  • The video game didn't succeed because prices were pitched too high.

• 24 to plan or design something in a way that will attract a particular group of people:

  • pitch sth at sb The issue was pitched at investors hoping to gain exposure to smaller companies in the US.

• 25 to try to persuade someone to buy your products or services or choose you to do some work for them:

  • pitch for sth The agency had already pitched for the bank's $5 million advertising account on two previous occasions.

  • She was given 15 minutes to pitch her idea for a new project.