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pitch

 
 
/pɪtʃ/ verb

Translation

LEVEL [T] to make something suitable for a particular level or group of people
ayarlamak, düzenlemek
[often passive] His talk was pitched at slightly too high a level for the audience.1335
PERSUADE [I, T] mainly US to try to persuade someone to do something
ikna etmek, kafasına girmek, yapması için elinden geleni yapmak
She pitched the idea to me over lunch. They are pitching for new business at the moment.1160
pitch (sb/sth) forward/into, etc to suddenly move in a particular direction, or to make someone or something suddenly move in a particular direction
belli bir yöne aniden hamle yap(tır)mak/hareket et(tir)mek
He braked too hard and the car pitched forward. She pitched the stone into the river.16131936
pitch a tent to choose a place for a tent and put it there
çadır kurmak
91
BALL [I, T] in baseball, to throw the ball towards the person who is going to hit it
beyzbolda topu vurması için fırlatmak/atmak
He used to pitch for the Chicago White Sox.164647
SOUND [T] to make sound at a particular level
belli bir seviyede ses çıkarmak
The tune was pitched much too high for me.90
pitch in phrasal verb informal
to help a group of people to do some work that needs to be done
yardım için işe koyulmak; yardım etmek; katkıda bulunmak
If we all pitch in, we'll get this kitchen cleaned up in no time.1864
(Definition of pitch verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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