Words / B2

PICH/pɪtʃ/

Pitch is how high a sound is, a sports field, or a persuasive talk: keep your pitch; a football pitch; a sales pitch. Tone is wider for attitude. Keep your pitch steady in the oral. Verb: pitch an idea. Do not use pitch for a whole concert hall.

Meaning

How high or low a sound is; also a sports field, or a persuasive talk.

Examples

• “Keep your pitch steady in the oral; do not shout the last line.”
• “The sales pitch overclaimed the sample, which is the persuasion sense.”

Good to know

keep / raise your pitch; a sports pitch; a sales / elevator pitch. Verb: pitch. Orals, sport, and business. Height of sound, field, or sell — not all three at once.

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