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World Series

or World's Series

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.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of World Series1

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

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Example Sentences

Instead, he gives his very best effort and tries to win the World Series with a single swing of his bat.

Riots broke out both after last year's pumpkin festival and after the Red Sox World Series win last year.

His five World Series rings put him behind only 20 other players, 19 of whom were Yankees.

On the way to the 1996 World Series, the Yankees met the Baltimore Orioles in the American League Championship Series.

The first World Series of the new millennium was an all-New York affair.

Youve hit on an idea thats going to win the pennant of the League this season, with the World Series thrown in for good measure.

Im already spending my World Series money, crowed Larry, the irrepressible, to his comrades gathered about him in the smoker.

And even if we win the pennant, theres the World Series, and thats something else again.

Well get that much even if we lose the World Series, and a good deal more if we win.

It brought a bigger reputation, a larger salary and a capital chance to get into the World Series.

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