major league

noun

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1
: a league of highest classification in U.S. professional baseball
broadly : a league of major importance in any of various sports
2
: big time sense 2
major-league
ˈmā-jər-ˈlēg How to pronounce major league (audio)
adjective
major leaguer noun

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when you've landed a tenure-track position at that university, you're playing in the major leagues
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With Boone removed from the contest and the Blue Jays already up a run, Kirk spoiled Bradley Hanner’s major league debut with a solo homer in the eighth inning. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026 Turner Hill, in his major league debut, got the rally started with a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded. — ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026 MacIver, 29, never appeared in a major league game for Toronto, however, and his time with the organization ultimately ended with another trip through the waiver process. — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Cincinnati tacked on another run in the sixth when Tanner McDougal walked the bases loaded before hitting Suárez with a 3-0 pitch in his major league debut. — CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for major league

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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

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