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interleague

interleague adjective: between leagues; often specifically between the two major leagues of American baseball.

Adjective

interleague (not comparable)

  1. Between leagues; often specifically between the two major leagues of American baseball.
    • And he must not try to sell this as an innovation, like interleague play, or a labor coup, like expanding drug testing.2007 March 2, Richard Sandomir, “How Will Selig Sell the Extra Innings Deal to Fans?”, in New York Times

Origin of interleague

From inter- + league.

Questions about interleague

What does interleague mean?
Interleague means between leagues; often specifically between the two major leagues of American baseball.
What part of speech is interleague?
Interleague is an adjective.

Words near interleague in the dictionary

  1. interleaf
  2. interleafed
  3. interleafing
  4. interleaflet
  5. interleafs
  6. interleague
  7. interleavability
  8. interleavable
  9. interleave
  10. interleaved
  11. interleavedly

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