league.
A group or association of cooperating members.
Meaning & usage
A group or association of cooperating members.
the League of Nations
An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship.
My favorite sports organizations are the National Football League and the American League in baseball.
He loved watching cricket leagues all around the world.
Ellipsis of rugby league.
Are you going to watch the league tonight?
A class or type of people or things that are evenly matched or on the same level.
Forget about dating him; he's out of your league.
We're not even in the same league.
A prefecture-level administrative unit in Inner Mongolia (Chinese: 盟).
An alliance or coalition.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English liege, ligg, lige (“a pact between governments, an agreement, alliance”), from Middle French ligue, from Italian lega, from the verb legare, from Latin ligō (“to tie”).
To form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English liege, ligg, lige (“a pact between governments, an agreement, alliance”), from Middle French ligue, from Italian lega, from the verb legare, from Latin ligō (“to tie”).
Playing in the The Football League or the Premier League, the top four divisions of English football
Where this word comes from
From Middle English liege, ligg, lige (“a pact between governments, an agreement, alliance”), from Middle French ligue, from Italian lega, from the verb legare, from Latin ligō (“to tie”).
A unit of itinerary distance varying with country, in Britain commonly about three statute miles (or five kilometres). Perhaps representing an hour's walking.
A unit of itinerary distance varying with country, in Britain commonly about three statute miles (or five kilometres). Perhaps representing an hour's walking. Three nautical miles.
A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English lege (“league”), from Late Latin leuca, leuga (“the Gaulish mile”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *lougā (compare Middle Breton leau, lew, Breton lev / leo (“league”)). Doublet of legua.
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