major league

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major league

noun major leagues

  1. An association of sports teams which plays at the highest skill level of its sport, especially Major League Baseball.

    Similar: big league, majors, big time, superleague, elite league

  2. attributive, plural normally The highest level of competition in a field of endeavor. You can't be so casual. You're in the major leagues now.

adjective more major league · most major league · major-league

  1. Of or pertaining to a major sports league; belonging to the professional level of a sport, such as US baseball.
  2. broadly Analogous in importance to a major league sports team. That rock band is really major league.
  3. figuratively Serious, high-level; significant The company made a major league effort to get the contract.

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@misc{major_league_2026,
  title = {major league},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/major%20league},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}