big league

noun

1
2
: big time sense 2
often used in plural
big-league adjective
big leaguer noun

Examples of big league in a Sentence

Broadway is the big leagues, and for big bucks theatergoers expect professionalism.
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Other big league teams have played in minor league stadiums before, including this season. Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2025 Edgardo Henriquez has just 20 1/3 big league innings under his belt. Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025 Major League Baseball has relied on the minor leagues to develop talent and help build big league rosters. Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025 While the strike zone actually called by big league umpires tends to be oval in shape, the ABS strike zone is a rectangle, as in the rule book. Ronald Blum, Twin Cities, 23 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for big league

Word History

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of big league was in 1883

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“Big league.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20league. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

Kids Definition

big league

noun
: the highest level especially in baseball
big-league adjective
big leaguer noun
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