league

Plural: leagues

Noun

• an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
• an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action
• an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles)
• A group or association of cooperating members.
• An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship.
• Ellipsis of rugby league.
• A class or type of people or things that are evenly matched or on the same level.
• A prefecture-level administrative unit in Inner Mongolia (Chinese: 盟).
• An alliance or coalition.
• The distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers).
• A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.

Verb

Verb Forms: leagued, leaguing, leagues

• To form an alliance or combine for a common purpose.
• unite to form a league
• To form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support.

Adj

• Playing in the The Football League or the Premier League, the top four divisions of English football

Examples

• Are you going to watch the league tonight?
• Forget about dating him; he's out of your league.
• He loved watching cricket leagues all around the world.
• My favorite sports organizations are the National Football League and the American League in baseball.
• the League of Nations
• The two players decided to LEAGUE together against the third, hoping to win.
• We're not even in the same league.

Synonyms

conference

Antonyms

non-league

Related Words

alliance, ally

Anagrams of league