Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

first division

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.84 in modern English

Syllables: first -di-vi-sion
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The half of the standings containing the teams with the best records.

American usage; Dated

Example Sentences

"Let me pause to explain “second division” to those for whom the term has little or no significance. For the first half of the twentieth century the classic, constant number of baseball teams in a league was eight. Not six, not ten, not twelve, not fourteen. Eight. […] Even if a club failed to win the pennant, it was important to finish second, third or fourth—that is, in the upper half or first division of the league. […] “First division” came to mean something admirable, “second division” was denigrating."

Usage

American usage
Dated

Inflected Forms

first divisions (plural)

Antonyms

second division

Questions

What does first division mean?: The half of the standings containing the teams with the best records.

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