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    HOME RUN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goalplay

    Example:

    the president's speech was a home run

    Synonyms:

    bell ringer; bull's eye; home run; mark

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("home run" is a kind of...):

    success (an attainment that is successful)

    Domain usage:

    figure; figure of speech; image; trope (language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A base hit on which the batter scores a runplay

    Synonyms:

    home run; homer

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("home run" is a kind of...):

    base hit; safety ((baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "home run"):

    solo blast; solo homer (a home run with no runners on base)

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