league

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A group or association of cooperating members.

   • the League of Nations
   • And let there be / 'Twixt us and them no league, nor amity.
2. 2

   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.
3. 3

   Ellipsis of rugby league.

   • Are you going to watch the league tonight?
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   1. 4

      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.
   2. 5

      A prefecture-level administrative unit in Inner Mongolia (Chinese

      A prefecture-level administrative unit in Inner Mongolia (Chinese: 盟).

   3. 6

      An alliance or coalition.

   4. 7

      To form an association

      To form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support.

      • Out of my sight, thou Serpent, that name best Befits thee with him leagu'd.
      • I believe that all the Bohemians and the great folks in Paris are so leagued together, that they are afraid of one another, and the people receive all the buffets of their disagreeings.
   5. 8

      Playing in the The Football League or the Premier League, the top four divisions of…

      Playing in the The Football League or the Premier League, the top four divisions of English football

   6. 9

      The distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three…

      The distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers).

      • Seven leagues above the mouth of the river we meet with two other passes, as large as the middle one by which we entered.
      • To this time the Dutch had kept two garrisons in the North of Formosa, one of which was at Fort Kelang, taken from the Spaniards ; the other was at a place called Tamsui, about ten leagues to the westward of Kelang.
   7. 10

      A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.

   8. 11

      A surname.

   9. 12

      Ellipsis of League of Nations.

      • The League was hampered by the U.S.'s refusal to join and its member states' unwillingness to impose sanctions on foreign countries.

The neighborhood

• antonymnon-league
• neighborally
• neighboralliance