how to pronounce ballgame

/bɔːlˈɡɛɪm/

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ballgame is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of ballgame in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… different ballgame let's say then then …”

meaning of ballgame

A ballgame is a game played with a ball.

ballgame frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word ballgame occurs in english on average 0.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics ballgame can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that ballgame can be often used in the following areas:

1) leisure and entertainment;