pitch (original) (raw)
pitch noun (LEVEL)
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pitch noun (PERSUASION)
make a pitch for She made a pitch for the job but she didn't get it.
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pitch noun (SLOPE)
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pitch noun (BLACK SUBSTANCE)
pitch noun (BASEBALL)
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pitch noun (TENT)
pitch verb (MOVE)
pitch something into something She pitched the stone into the river.
be pitched (forward) onto The bike hit a rut and I was pitched (forward) onto the road.
pitch up and down The ship pitched up and down in the rough seas.
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pitch verb (BASEBALL)
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pitch verb (TENT)
pitch verb (LEVEL)
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pitch verb (PERSUADE)
pitch verb (SLOPE)
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(Definition of pitch from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
pitch | American Dictionary
pitch verb (THROW)
pitch verb (THROW BASEBALL)
pitch verb (FALL)
pitch verb (RAISE)
Phrasal verb
pitch noun (SOUND QUALITY)
pitch noun (PERSUASION)
pitch noun (SLOPE)
pitch noun (BLACK SUBSTANCE)
pitch noun (SPORTS FIELD)
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(Definition of pitch from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of pitch
pitch
A circle of constant radius should vary in timbre but remain constant in brightness and pitch.
To replicate simultaneously individual pitches or short melodic patterns after an auditory stimulus involves fewer synthesis skills and requires less self-monitoring over time.
_Pitch_-matching tasks require a child to echo individual pitches or short melodic patterns provided by an auditory stimulus.
That is, three downward harmonic pitches are available, plus four or more harmonics in each octave above the original pitch.
Such a range of pitch angles defines a 'loss cone' in which particle trapping is not possible.
Segments that are sonorous, stressed, or realized with high pitch are said to be particularly salient.
If they start too high, they continually increase the pitch until they reach an octave higher, at which point they simply halve the frequency.
However, since only pitch is involved, it is clear that the abstract accent is nothing but 'an indication of pitch'.
In addition, words at sentence boundaries are more likely to be marked with pitch resets as found in our stimuli.
The comparatively narrow accent range of pitch elevations throughout the period of study confirmed these physiological, linguistic, and developmental expectations.
It assumes that electronic keyboards and pitched percussion instruments are available, alongside standard classroom percussion and at least one suitably loaded computer.
The pitches are arranged in linear order across two staffs, seven sets on each staff.
The expressive usage of pitch, aspiration, labialization, and nasalization are peculiar to female speech.
There have been many such, mostly quantitative with occasional excursions into qualitative or _pitch_-based scansion.
The pitch angle can be adjusted + 85° from horizontal.
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Collocations with pitch
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The curveball is his off-speed pitch of choice to right-handed hitters, while left-handed hitters face the splitter.
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This pretonic length is accompanied by a fixed rising-falling pitch contour.
His main secondary pitch is a cutter (mid 80s) along with a curveball and a changeup.
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