World Series

Or World's Series

noun

Baseball.

1. an annual series of games between the winning teams of the two major leagues: the first team to win four games being champions of the U.S.

World Series

noun

1. baseball (in the US and Canada) a best-of-seven playoff for the world championship between the two winning teams in the major leagues at the end of the season

World Series

1. A series of baseball games held each October between the champions of the two major baseball leagues, the American League and the National League.

Word History and Origins

Origin of World Series¹

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Example Sentences

The Brewers are playing for only the second World Series berth in team history, and a high-profile athlete who grew up less than two hours from Milwaukee in Oshkosh, Wis., is actively rooting against them.

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The Dodgers put tickets for potential World Series games on sale Tuesday, with the cheapest seat available for $881.95, according to an afternoon review of the team website.

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But the Brewers, who entered Tuesday sitting four victories away from securing a spot in the World Series for the first time since 1982, are anything but ordinary.

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If the Dodgers win the World Series, Snell figures to have two or three more starts.

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In the Dodgers’ World Series run last season, Treinen was as vicious as an ill-tempered Doberman, going 2-0 with three saves, a 2.19 ERA and 18 strikeouts in 12 1/3 innings.

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