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league


Definition: Meaning of, league in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / liːɡ /

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league leagues
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  1. a group of sports teams or players who play games against each other to see who is best
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  2. a group of people or countries who have joined together because they have similar aims, political beliefs etc
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  3. not be in the same league (as somebody/something) to be not nearly as good or important as someone or something else
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  4. be in a different league to be much better than someone or something else
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  5. be out of your league to not be skilled or experienced enough to do or deal with something
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  6. be in league (with somebody) to be working with someone secretly, especially for a bad purpose
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  7. an ancient unit for measuring distance, equal to 3 miles or about 4828 metres on land, and three NAUTICAL MILE s or 5556 metres at sea
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league used in phrases

  • American League, the
    1. a group of professional baseball teams in the US which play against each other. Every year, the team that wins in this LEAGUE plays against the winning team of the NATIONAL LEAGUE in the WORLD SERIES .
  • Arab League (noun)
    1. an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation
  • Arab League, the
    1. an organization of Arab countries in North Africa and southwest Asia, which was formed in 1945
  • Champions League, the
    1. a football competition played each year between the best teams from different countries in Europe
  • Football League, the
    1. an organization of professional football teams in England and Wales. It consists of three 'Leagues': the Championship and Leagues One and Two, but does not include the FA PREMIERSHIP, which is the highest league. Professional football in Scotland is controlled by a similar organization called the Scottish Football League.
  • Hanseatic League (noun)
    1. a commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in northern Germany and surrounding areas; formed in 1241 and most influential in the 14th century when it included over 100 towns and functioned as an independent political power; the last official assembly was held in 1669
  • Hanseatic League, the
    1. a trade organization of German towns, which existed from the 13th to the 17th centuries to protect each other against competition from abroad. Bremen, Hamburg, and Lübeck are still known as Hanseatic cities.
  • Howard League for Penal Reform, the
    1. a British organization which is against physical punishment and the death sentence, and wants change in international attitudes to punishment and imprisonment
  • Iroquois League (noun)
    1. the Six Nations the Five Nations a league of Iroquois tribes including originally the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca ; after 1722 they were joined by the Tuscarora
  • Ivy League (noun)
    1. the Ivy League a group of eight old and respected universities in the northeastern US
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