ballgame
15
5.6
- noun
- /ˈbɔlˌɡeɪm/
- Informal
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otra historia
- It's a brand new ballgame.
- a different ballgame
- a whole new ballgame
Examples
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That's a whole different ballgame.
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It's a new ballgame, Dave.
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You are looking at a whole new ballgame here now.
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It's a new ballgame every day.
Academic text (2009) -
" Hearing it live, though, was a whole different ballgame than hearing it on the one recorded version I have.
Blog text (5) -
As the sun goes down, it's a whole new ballgame.
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But with Richard, this is a whole new ballgame.
Fiction book (1998) -
If he performs well this week, it's a whole new ballgame for Week 12.
Blog text (23) -
With him, we're talking a whole different ballgame altogether.
Fiction book (1992) -
When she took the new job, it was a whole new ballgame for her career.
Synonyms
3
6.1
A situation that is very different and needs a new way to act or think
Antonyms
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ballgame is also used as a way to talk about a different situation, from the simple idea of 'a different game' with different rules — you hear this in the phrase 'a whole new ballgame'. So when people say that, they mean a completely changed situation or context.