league
1a covenant or compact made between persons, parties, states, etc., for the promotion or maintenance of common interests or for mutual assistance or service.
the aggregation of persons, parties, states, etc., associated in such a covenant or compact; confederacy.
an association of individuals having a common goal.
Sports. a group of athletic teams organized to promote mutual interests and to compete chiefly among themselves: a bowling league for ages 12–18;a tri-county community softball league.
Sports.
a major league: He played in both leagues, with four different teams, but he’ll always be remembered most as a Cincinnati Red.
a minor league: During her tenure as general manager of the league in Florida, eight of her players were promoted to the majors.
to unite in a league; combine. Some unlikely political bedfellows leagued together to get the bill passed.People are judged, fairly or not, by the company that they keep, and the people they league themselves with.
Idioms about league
in league, working together, often secretly or for a harmful purpose; united: By putting yourself in league with corrupt and ruthless leaders, you will end up paying in the long run.
Origin of league
1synonym study For league
Other words for league
Other definitions for league (2 of 2)
a unit of distance, varying at different periods and in different countries: in English-speaking countries usually estimated roughly at 3 miles (4.8 kilometers).
a square league, as a unit of land measure, estimated roughly at 4,428 acres (1,791.9 hectares).
Origin of league
2Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use league in a sentence
Further, unlike leagues in Japan, South Korea or Mexico, there are no foreign players.
Is Major League Baseball Ready For Cuba’s Players? | Ben Jacobs | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTZellweger won her first Oscar nomination, and almost overnight was thrown into the big leagues.
Reconsidering Renée Zellweger: Forever a Hollywood-Pretty Character Actress | Teo Bugbee | October 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAmanda Hess at Slate criticized attempts at comparing Solo and Rice and the responses of their two different sports leagues.
Should Twitter Suspend LGBT Engineer Accused Of Raping Her Wife? | Emily Shire | October 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd just as the NBA and WNBA continue to develop as open-minded sports leagues, Bosh plans to develop even further as a designer.
Total Slaughter is only one of several battle rap leagues vying for national prominence.
It is about three leagues wide and is forty-four and one half degrees from the Equator.
This Isthmus has a circuit of fully five hundred leagues and is occupied by the Soriquois tribe.
An eruption of mount tna, which extended its ravages four leagues around, and buried several persons alive.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellEvery thicket will have its troop; every finger, for a hundred leagues round, will be on the trigger.
He had laid in huge supplies, and built a bridge of wood two leagues long joining Haarburg and Hamburg.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
British Dictionary definitions for league (1 of 2)
/ (liːɡ) /
an association or union of persons, nations, etc, formed to promote the interests of its members
an association of sporting clubs that organizes matches between member teams of a similar standard
a class, category, or level: he is not in the same league
in league working or planning together (with)
(modifier) of, involving, or belonging to a league: a league game; a league table
to form or be formed into a league
Origin of league
1British Dictionary definitions for league (2 of 2)
/ (liːɡ) /
an obsolete unit of distance of varying length. It is commonly equal to 3 miles
Origin of league
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with league
see big league; in league with; in the same league.
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