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premiership

premiership

1 4.2
The top league in a sport where the best teams play
  • noun
  • /ˈprɛmɪərʃɪp/
  • UK
translation icon : liga
  • In 2011-12, the Premiership made about 2.5bn in income, but it spent 70% of that on wages, up from the 62% paid out in 2001-02.
  • the Guinness Premiership
  • the English Premiership
  • Premiership players

Level is good, but the Premiership is different.

Examples

  • The national team is very disappointing; the results are inevitably associated with some credit given to young English players in the Premiership.

    Blog text (1)

  • Salary cap restrictions are on the table for the Premiership.

    Blog text (4)

  • Level is good, but the Premiership is different.

    Rio Ferdinand Presents

  • So that ability to stay in the Premiership straight away.

  • We have got what it takes to be the premiership team.

    Blinder (2013)

  • Will it make the Premiership less competitive?

    Blog text (4)

  • It's cheaper than being a fan of Premiership football.

    Blog text (12)

  • MyDGB.net has secured promotion to the Premiership by winning Division 1.

    Blog text (33)

  • The average number of goals scored per game in the Premiership hovers around 2.5 goals, and even in the biggest of mismatches when top play bottom, the superior side is on average rarely more than two goals superior to their opponents.

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  • Manchester United won the Premiership for the second year in a row, showcasing their dominance in English football.

Synonyms

league
vspremiership
567 2.4

A group of teams that play each other in a competition

refers to the highest division not just an organizing association
big league
vspremiership
51 3.0

The highest level of sports competition, like the major leagues in baseball

refers to a formal top division in a sport rather than a general level
football league
vspremiership
5 1.6

An organized competition where football teams play each other over a season

denotes specifically the top division rather than any level of competition
SPL
vspremiership
  • UK
5.8

The top professional football league in Scotland from 1998 to 2013

is a general term for any sport's highest division rather than one example

Antonyms

lower division
1 3.5

A level in a sports league below the top one where teams are weaker

How High

premiership
  • UK
1 4.2
regional
29 3.3
non-league
  • UK
5.3

Surface Forms

premiership singular
premierships plural

Morphology

premiership = premier (semi-transparent) = premier + ship

Formed from 'premier' + '-ship' but specialized to mean a top division or title in sport rather than a literal office, so the relation is somewhat metaphorical.

Etymology

Premiership comes from premier meaning 'first' and the ending -ship meaning the state or position of something, as in championship, so premiership can mean the 'first' or top division in a sport.