"big league" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-big league.ogg [Australia] Forms: more big league [comparative], most big league [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} big league (comparative more big league, superlative most big league)
  1. Major league (pertaining to the highest level of professional sports).
    Sense id: en-big_league-en-adj-rvnTiOiK
  2. Major league (significant, important).
    Sense id: en-big_league-en-adj-wUHcMUwL

Adverb

Audio: En-au-big league.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} big league (not comparable)
  1. (slang) To a significant degree; on a large scale. Tags: not-comparable, slang Related terms: bigtime, bigly, majorly, major league
    Sense id: en-big_league-en-adv-N4PRZoeK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 9 45 11

Noun

Audio: En-au-big league.ogg [Australia] Forms: big leagues [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} big league (plural big leagues)
  1. A major league.
    Sense id: en-big_league-en-noun-QwnzrNAA

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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