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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  • league — W2 [li:g] n [Sense: 1 5; Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: ligue agreement to act together , from Old Italian liga, from ligare to tie ] [Sense: 6; Date: 1300 1400; : Late Latin; Origin: leuga] 1.) a group of sp …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • League — (l[=e]g), n. [F. ligue, LL. liga, fr. L. ligare to bind; cf. Sp. liga. Cf. {Ally} a confederate, {Ligature}.] 1. An alliance or combination of two or more nations, parties, organizations, or persons, for the accomplishment of a purpose which… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • league — Ⅰ. league [1] ► 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 of quality or excellence: the… …   English terms dictionary

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  • League — League, v. t. To join in a league; to cause to combine for a joint purpose; to combine; to unite; as, common interests will league heterogeneous elements. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • League — League, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Leagued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Leaguing}.] [Cf. F. se liguer. See 2d {League}.] To unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support; to confederate. South. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • league — [n1] association, federation alliance, band, bunch, circle, circuit, club, coalition, combination, combine, compact, company, confederacy, confederation, conference, consortium, crew, gang, group, guild, loop, mob, order, organization, outfit,… …   New thesaurus

  • league — league1 [lēg] n. [ME ligg < OFr ligue < It liga < legare, to bind < L ligare: see LIGATURE] 1. a compact or covenant made by nations, groups, or individuals for promoting common interests, assuring mutual protection, etc. 2. an… …   English World dictionary

  • League — (spr. Libk), 3 englische Seemeilen (Sea Miles) = 0,75 deutsche Meile; also der 20. Theil eines Äquatorialgrades …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • League — (spr. līgh), engl. und nordamerikan. Wegemaß zu 3 Miles; dann auch soviel wie Liga, Bund …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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