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
Recent Examples on the Web More than six years after leaving the Fighters to pursue his major league ambitions, this is what Ohtani has become. Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024 An old stone quarry becomes American Family Field Construction of Milwaukee County Stadium, the first major league ballpark built with public money, began in 1950 on land owned by the federal Veterans Administration and the former Story Quarry. Eva Wen, Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2024 But Saturday was Day 1 of what Anderson, a former batting champion and All-Star, hopes is a fresh start that will revive his major league career. Andre Fernandez, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2024 Some fans live far from a big league club, and want to experience major league quality baseball at spring training. Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024 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, 1 Mar. 2024 According to Spotrac, 73 major league players will have a higher salary than Ramirez in 2024. Jim Ingraham, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024 Drafted by the Dodgers in 2013 out of high school at age 17, Bellinger was spectacular in his major league debut in 2017, hitting 39 home runs and driving in 97 runs while winning the NL Rookie of the Year award in a unanimous vote. Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2024 Keith Lee played in The Players Ball: Hoops & Icons basketball event at Butler University featuring major league athletes, reality TV stars and social media giants before their team headed for official NBA All-Star Weekend events in downtown Indianapolis. The Courier-Journal, 22 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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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 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

major league

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