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major-league

major-league is the alternative form of major league.

Meaning of major league

Adjective

major league (comparative more major league, superlative most major league)

  1. Of or pertaining to a major sports league; belonging to the professional level of a sport, such as US baseball.
  2. (broadly) Analogous in importance to a major league sports team.
    • That rock band is really major league.
  3. (figuratively) Serious, high-level; significant
    • The company made a major league effort to get the contract.

See all 5 meanings of major league

Forms of major-league

comparativemore major-league
superlativemost major-league

Questions about major-league

What is major-league the alternative form of?
Major-league is the alternative form of major league.

Words near major-league in the dictionary

  1. Major's long-tailed tenrecs
  2. major-domo
  3. major-domos
  4. major-general
  5. major-generals
  6. major-league
  7. major-leaguer
  8. major-leaguers
  9. majorally
  10. Majorana
  11. Majorana fermion

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Adapted from Wiktionary: major-league (page history and authors); major league (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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