Definitions for baseball
ˈbeɪsˌbɔlbase·ball

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. baseball, baseball game(noun)

   a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs

   "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"

2. baseball(noun)

   a ball used in playing baseball

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. baseball(Noun)

   A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and Japan, in which the object is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, resulting in the scoring of a run. The team with the most runs after termination of play, usually nine innings, wins.

   Etymology: base + ball

2. baseball(Noun)

   The ball used to play the sport of baseball.

   Etymology: base + ball

3. baseball(Noun)

   A variant of poker in which cards with baseball-related values have special significance.

   Etymology: base + ball

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Baseball(noun)

   a game of ball, so called from the bases or bounds ( four in number) which designate the circuit which each player must endeavor to make after striking the ball

2. Baseball(noun)

   the ball used in this game

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Baseball

   Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of nine players who take turns batting and baserunning. The offense attempts to score more runs than its opponents by hitting a ball thrown by the pitcher with a bat and moving counter-clockwise around a series of four bases: first, second, third and home plate. A run is scored when the runner advances around the bases and returns to home plate. Players on the batting team take turns hitting against the pitcher of the fielding team, which tries to prevent runs by getting hitters out in any of several ways. A player on the batting team can stop at any of the bases and later advance on a teammate's hit or other means. The teams switch between batting and fielding whenever the fielding team records three outs. One turn at bat for both teams, beginning with the visiting team, constitutes an inning, and nine innings a game. The team with the most runs at the end of the game wins. Evolving from older bat-and-ball games, an early form of baseball was being played in England by the mid-18th century. This game was brought by immigrants to North America, where the modern version developed. By the late 19th century, baseball was widely recognized as the national sport of the United States. Baseball is now popular in North America and parts of Central and South America and the Caribbean, East Asia and Europe.

U.S. National Library of Medicine(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Baseball

   A competitive nine-member team sport including softball.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. BASEBALL

   A game in which the young man who bravely strikes out for himself receives no praise for it.

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1. baseball

   A team sport with a specific number of players, played according to specific rules.

   Baseball is a popular sport in America.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 4, 2017  

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1. baseball

   The baseball symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the baseball symbol and its characteristic.

How to pronounce baseball?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say baseball in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of baseball in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of baseball in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of baseball in a Sentence

1. Jeffrey Bazarian:

   The thing that’s nice about baseball is that there are so many statistics kept on each player.

2. Jaime Riquelme:

   This scandal changes little, we all knew money was changing hands. It happens in all sports, baseball, soccer, basketball.

3. Sam Kennedy:

   Once we committed to staying, businesses, developers, city planners knew there would continue to be three million people coming into this neighborhood each and every baseball season.

4. Cleveland Indians:

   We were disappointed to learn of today's suspension of Emmanuel Clase for violating Major League Baseball's joint drug prevention and treatment program, we fully support Major League Baseball's policy and Major League Baseball efforts to eliminate performance-enhancing drugs from our game.

5. Tom Van Hyning:

   Baseball was the only game in town in the 1960s.

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