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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Those fans also got an indefinite ban from all 30 big league ballparks. Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 13 Apr. 2025 But there are fans here ready and willing to embrace a real-deal, big league team, and corporate sponsors in agriculture and tech ready to spend money. Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025 May, the club’s former top pitching prospect, was making his first start in a big league game since May 17, 2023. Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2025 More news: Oldest Manager in MLB Bans Players From Using Cell Phones A third-round draft pick by Seattle out of Florida State University in the 2018 MLB draft, Raleigh made his big league debut in 2021. Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 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 21 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

big league

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