major league

noun

1
: a league of highest classification in U.S. professional baseball
broadly : a league of major importance in any of various sports
2
major-league adjective
major leaguer noun

Examples of major league in a Sentence

when you've landed a tenure-track position at that university, you're playing in the major leagues
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What To Know On March 6, Trump canceled federal clearance for employees of major league law firm Perkins Coie and ordered federal agencies to cancel contracts with them. Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025 In his more than two decades of writing about the world of sports, he’s chronicled everything from high school rodeo to a major league baseball no-hitter to the Super Bowl to the Finals. Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2025 Octavio Dotel, a World Series champion pitcher, and former major league Tony Blanco were among the more than 110 people who died following the collapse of a roof at a Dominican Republic nightclub, officials said Tuesday. Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2025 Among the dead is Octavio Dotel, a major league pitcher for 15 seasons. N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for major league

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of major league was in 1887

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“Major league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/major%20league. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

major league

noun
: a league in the highest class of U.S. professional sports
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