league
IPA: ɫˈig
noun
- A group or association of cooperating members.
- (sports) An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship.
- (chiefly in the negative) 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).
- (military) An alliance or coalition.
- (measurement) 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.
- A surname.
- (informal, rugby) Ellipsis of rugby league. [A version of rugby football, played between two teams of thirteen.]
- Ellipsis of League of Nations.. [An international organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles, which ended the First World War. Its goals included disarmament, preventing war through collective security, settling disputes between countries through negotiation, diplomacy and improving global quality of life. The predecessor of the United Nations.]
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support.
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Examples of "league" in Sentences
- "You want to feel like your league is the better league."
- The club has the biggest average assistance in the league.
- The club also qualified in the first league the same year.
- The club competes in the German League and the Euro League.
- The club also finished a creditable sixth place in the League.
- The bar under the results shows the league position of the club.
- He has played professionally for the club in the Football League.
- The club played in the 1986 season of the National Soccer League.
- The club competes in the premier division of the league of Ireland.
- The club is one of the best teams in the Finland volleyball league.
- An NBA spokesman said that the league is also reviewing the comments.
- The league association is the association of clubs of the Bundesligas.
- (Long) was available, and the left tackle in this league is a premium.
- Not until the fall of 1918 did Wilson start using the word league himself.
- The tackle was available, and the left tackle in this league is a premium.
- I've heard [Mike] Golic talk about [how] our league is awful about tackles.
- If the league is alive and kicking, the city will still be collecting a 7% ticket tax.
- NFL spokesman Greg Aiello has said the league is aware of Santini's lawsuit and is following developments, but has no further comment.
- Secondly, if the league is a public accomodation, is the desire to keep the league a safe place for gays to socialize covered by “expressive association”?
- Secondly, if the league is a public accommodation, is the desire to keep the league a safe place for gays to socialize covered by “expressive association”?