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What (who) is League - definition
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Chuulghan; Chuulgan; Leagues; League (politics); League (disambiguation)
league
(leagues)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A league is a group of people, clubs, or countries that have joined together for a particular purpose, or because they share a common interest.
...the League of Nations.
...the World Muslim League.
N-COUNT: oft in names
2.
A league is a group of teams that play the same sport or activity against each other.
...the American League series between the Boston Red Sox and World Champion Oakland Athletics...
The club are on the brink of promotion to the Premier League.
N-COUNT
3.
You use the word league to make comparisons between different people or things, especially in terms of their quality.
Her success has taken her out of my league...
Their record sales would put them in the same league as The Rolling Stones.
N-COUNT: with supp
4.
If you say that someone is in league with another person to do something bad, you mean that they are working together to do that thing.
There is no evidence that the broker was in league with the fraudulent vendor...
PHRASE: usu v-link PHR, oft PHR with n
league
I. n.
1.
Alliance, confederation, confederacy, combination, coalition, union.
2.
Three (geographical) miles.
II. v. n.
Unite, combine, confederate, band, form a league, form an alliance.
league
league1
¦ noun
1. a collection of people, countries, or groups that combine for mutual protection or cooperation.
2. a group of sports clubs which play each other over a period for a championship.
3. a class or category of quality or excellence: the two men were not in the same league.
¦ verb (leagues, leaguing, leagued) join in a league or alliance.
Phrases
in league conspiring with another or others.
Origin
ME: via Fr. from Ital. lega, from legare 'to bind', from L. ligare.
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league2
¦ noun a former measure of distance by land, usually about three miles.
Origin
ME: from late L. leuga, leuca, late Gk leuge, or from Provencal lega (mod. Fr. lieue).
Wikipedia
League
League or The League may refer to:
- League (unit), traditional unit of length of three miles or an hour's walk
- League (non-profit), a program for service learning
- The League (app), a dating app
- Confederation, a union of sovereign groups or states united for common action
Examples of use of League
1. The measure would cover Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, Arena Football League, National Hockey League, National Football League and Major League Soccer.
2. That includes ESPN, Eurosport and Sport 5, which shows Champions‘ League games, Spanish League, Italian League and Argentine League, men‘s and women‘s basketball, and more.
3. It‘s an opportunity for thousands of fans of lower league or non–league clubs to experience a thrilling break from the league grind.
4. Major League Baseball has claimed that intellectual property law makes it illegal for fantasy league operators to "commercially exploit the identities and statistical profiles" of big league players.
5. All the 30 major league clubs from the US keep at least one feeder club in the Dominican Summer League, which functions as a "high A" minor league.