league

league
noun
1 group of sports clubs that compete with each other
ADJECTIVE
▪ basketball, cricket, football, soccer, etc.
▪

They want to start a new football league.

▪ sports (esp. AmE)
▪

the standard for professional sports leagues in this country

▪ local, national
▪ summer (esp. AmE), winter (esp. AmE)
▪ Premier (in the UK)
▪ major, minor
▪

major league baseball

▪ big
▪

Hopefully he'll get called up to the big leagues soon.

▪ junior, youth
▪ Little League (in the US)
▪

a baseball field with a Little League game going on

▪ professional
▪

the first women's professional athletic league in the US

▪ fantasy
▪

players for a team in a fantasy league

VERB + LEAGUE
▪ create, form, set up, start
▪ enter, join
▪

The team joined the Northern League last year.

▪ dominate, lead
▪

The Yankees dominated the league in 1998.

▪ win
LEAGUE + NOUN
▪ champions, leaders
▪ championship (esp. BrE), cup (BrE), title
▪ club, side (BrE), team
▪ player
▪ game, match (esp. BrE)
▪ final
▪ table (BrE)
▪

The team slipped to the foot of the Northern League table.

▪

school league tables (= showing how well schools are performing)

▪ record
▪

He set a league record for the longest touchdown run.

▪ baseball, cricket, football, etc.
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the league
▪

The team is now in the Premier League.

PHRASES
▪ at the bottom of the league, at the top of the league
▪ come bottom of the league, come top of the league
▪ a position in the league
▪

They're hoping to improve their position in the league.

2 level of quality, ability, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ big, super, top, world (BrE)
▪

This move propelled him into the political big league. (BrE)

▪

This move propelled him into the political big leagues. (AmE)

PHRASES
▪ in a different league
▪

Today's technology is in a different league (= much better).

▪ in a league of your own
▪

As a painter he is in a league of his own (= much better than others).

▪ not in the same league (as … ) (= not as good as)
▪ out of sb's league
▪

A house like that is way out of our league (= too expensive for us).


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