major league
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈmeɪdʒər liɡ/
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Grandes Ligas
- Who was the first Native American baseball player in the major leagues?
- major league baseball
- a major league player
- a major league team
I've never heard of a sports, a Major League franchise going bankrupt.
- I've never heard of a sports, a Major League franchise going bankrupt.
- And I would dream about playing Major League Baseball, or really the big sport.
- Imagine a children's bowling ball thrown twice as fast as a Major League Baseball fastball.
- But in major sports, let's say like in America for example, there's four major leagues that you can make a lot of money in.
- So I asked him what's the difference between hitting the best minor league pitch and an average Major League pitch?
- This is the New York franchise, Major League Baseball in New York.
- Drafted by Major League Baseball but never swung a bat in anger.
- And I could get a deal done because the Clemente family is not, it's not a Major League Baseball entity.
Examples
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Theo Epstein was the youngest general manager in, I think the history of Major League Baseball.
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Hank Aaron's hit more home runs Than anybody in major league baseball, More than babe Ruth.
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The example I like to give is Major League Baseball.
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And I would dream about playing Major League Baseball, or really the big sport.
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Played a major league team in a major league stadium.
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Once there was a major league baseball team in Brooklyn.
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Years is the number of years a pitcher has spent in the major leagues.
Academic text (1991) -
For two years at Holy Cross and for six months in the major leagues, he played brilliantly.
Academic text (2000) -
In 1994, Hofacre reported that women represent 50% of all major league soccer fans.
Academic text (2000) -
He worked hard every day to achieve his dream of playing in the major league.
Synonyms
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4.1
A very successful level in entertainment or sport where people become famous
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3.0
The highest level of sports competition, like the major leagues in baseball
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4.3
The top professional baseball leagues in the United States
Antonyms
How Elite
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'major' (high in importance/level) with 'league' (a sports competition), so the sense of the top/highest level of professional competition — and by extension 'top-level' in other domains — is directly derivable from the parts. This is a transparent, compositional pattern common in English and other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will generally understand it without prior exposure.
Etymology
Major league comes from team sports where the top group of teams was called the major league, not the smaller 'minor' leagues. So today major league means the highest level or used to say someone or something is at the 'very best' standard.