baseline
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- noun
- /ˈbeɪsˌlaɪn/
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línea de fondo
- During the tennis match, she hit an amazing forehand from behind the baseline to score a point.
Normally walking baseline, if you have a baseball, would be like, but Oscar's doing it in octaves.
- Normally walking baseline, if you have a baseball, would be like, but Oscar's doing it in octaves.
Examples
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Foul ball up the first baseline, and it is two strikes.
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Get on the baseline!
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Gentlemen, report to the baseline.
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Eddie stands near the baseline, listening to the game on his silver portable radio...
Fiction book (1996) -
Oh, and it's a hard-hit ball down the third baseline.
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With two strikes and our hopes dwindling... he hit a shot down the first baseline... and won the game.
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He's alone in the baseline and closely guarded by King.
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Ricky. l want you to fake out. go along the baseline and curl around that screen.
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The baseball player sprinted toward the baseline, trying to beat the throw to first base.
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He expertly dribbled past defenders as he approached the baseline for a quick layup.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word baseline comes from the two simple words base ('foundation' or 'starting point') and line ('a long thin mark'). That's why in sports a baseline is the line that marks the base area or boundary players watch.