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Definition of major league in English: major leaguenoun North American The highest-ranking league in a particular professional sport, especially baseball. 〈北美〉（职业运动项目，尤指棒球的）大联盟，大联赛；联合总会 as modifier major-league players Example sentencesExamples - Hernandez is the youngest pitcher to start a major-league game since Jose Rijo in 1984.
- The kid DePaula was looking mighty impressive in his first major-league start.
- Honel threw a major-league fastball and curveball in the strike zone and Snyder looked foolish.
- He appears to be the lone active, prominent major-league baseball player who has flatly admitted using them.
- He wore a major-league baseball uniform, an Astros uniform, and did so proudly.
- By now, you all likely know about the alleged relationship between an editor of Out magazine and a major-league player.
- Bonds broke the major-league record for Bases on Balls in a season, with his 171st free pass.
- Henson made his major-league debut on Thursday, pinch-running for Bernie Williams in the 8th inning.
- Did you realize the Oakland A's have three players in their starting lineup who are the sons of former major-league baseball players?
- Two batters later he faced Andy Phillips, who was making his major-league debut.
- Oliva spent his entire major-league career as a player and coach with the Minnesota Twins organization.
- Travis Fryman has arguably the worst minor-league track record of any successful major-league player.
- Like most of us, my dreams of setting foot on a major-league baseball field died a painful, inglorious death in youth.
- I had the opportunity to see Baxter pitch in high school he had a major-league future.
- Puerto Rico, Mexico and Venezuela now had ballplayers playing for major-league teams.
- He was later injured and sidelined for over a month, preventing him from breaking past Reiser for the major-league record.
- Turns out the dirty little secret in question is amphetamine use among major-league baseball players.
- Most embarrassingly, Mussina tied a major-league record by allowing six doubles in one inning.
- Palmeiro is no longer a major-league caliber ballplayer.
- But, by the time Al caught his last major-league game, he had set a record by catching in more than 1,900 games.
Synonyms prominent, eminent, pre-eminent, important, distinguished, august, illustrious, noble
Derivativesnoun North American On steroid use: ‘I'd estimate 25 to 40% of all major-leaguers are juiced.’ Example sentencesExamples - Abreu is an established major-leaguer and a future star who is sure to make an impact
- Even if I wasn't working to become a major-leaguer, I just wanted to play.
- He was a star in Japan, and he has all the tools, but who knows if he can produce as a major-leaguer?
- Only a handful of major-leaguers had thrown a perfect game, but when they did, it was a beautiful sight.
- We're trying to build within our system; work with the players we've acquired, both the major-leaguers and draft prospects.
Definition of major league in US English: major leaguenounˈˌmeɪdʒər ˈliɡˈˌmājər ˈlēɡ North American 1The highest-ranking league in a particular professional sport, especially baseball. 〈北美〉（职业运动项目，尤指棒球的）大联盟，大联赛；联合总会 my dream of pitching in the major leagues as modifier future major-league ballplayers Example sentencesExamples - Hernandez is the youngest pitcher to start a major-league game since Jose Rijo in 1984.
- Most embarrassingly, Mussina tied a major-league record by allowing six doubles in one inning.
- Honel threw a major-league fastball and curveball in the strike zone and Snyder looked foolish.
- Oliva spent his entire major-league career as a player and coach with the Minnesota Twins organization.
- Like most of us, my dreams of setting foot on a major-league baseball field died a painful, inglorious death in youth.
- Puerto Rico, Mexico and Venezuela now had ballplayers playing for major-league teams.
- By now, you all likely know about the alleged relationship between an editor of Out magazine and a major-league player.
- He was later injured and sidelined for over a month, preventing him from breaking past Reiser for the major-league record.
- Did you realize the Oakland A's have three players in their starting lineup who are the sons of former major-league baseball players?
- He wore a major-league baseball uniform, an Astros uniform, and did so proudly.
- He appears to be the lone active, prominent major-league baseball player who has flatly admitted using them.
- The kid DePaula was looking mighty impressive in his first major-league start.
- Travis Fryman has arguably the worst minor-league track record of any successful major-league player.
- I had the opportunity to see Baxter pitch in high school he had a major-league future.
- Two batters later he faced Andy Phillips, who was making his major-league debut.
- Henson made his major-league debut on Thursday, pinch-running for Bernie Williams in the 8th inning.
- Turns out the dirty little secret in question is amphetamine use among major-league baseball players.
- Palmeiro is no longer a major-league caliber ballplayer.
- Bonds broke the major-league record for Bases on Balls in a season, with his 171st free pass.
- But, by the time Al caught his last major-league game, he had set a record by catching in more than 1,900 games.
Synonyms prominent, eminent, pre-eminent, important, distinguished, august, illustrious, noble - 1.1US The highest attainable level in any endeavor or activity.
as modifier many of the nation's service companies are major-league corporations Example sentencesExamples - Cast as a surly rebel, Christensen works a little too hard to make an impression but he manages to hold his own against major league co-stars.
- We have heard so much about this school, now it's suddenly major league on the map, it's in the big 12.
- It was your job to convince everyone else that you were major league.
- With an overabundance of black romance being published, there is often a need to relax with a book in which the language is major league.
- This band is major league, ready for a worldwide listening audience.
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