league

1. 1

   A group or association of cooperating members.countableuncountable

   • the League of Nations
2. 2

   An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship.countableuncountable

   • 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.abbreviationalt-ofellipsis

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

   A class or type of people or things that are evenly matched or on the same level.countableuncountable

   • Forget about dating him; he's out of your league.
   • We're not even in the same league.
5. 5

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

6. 6

   An alliance or coalition.countableuncountable

1. 1

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

   • 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.

1. 1

   Playing in the The Football League or the Premier League, the top four divisions of English footballUKnot-comparable

ant. non-league

1. 1

   A unit of itinerary distance varying with country, in Britain commonly about three statute miles (or five kilometres). Perhaps representing an hour's walking.obsolete

   • Seven leagues above the mouth of the river we meet with two other passes, as large as the middle one by which we entered.
2. 2

   A unit of itinerary distance varying with country, in Britain commonly about three statute miles (or five kilometres). Perhaps representing an hour's walking.; Three nautical miles.obsolete

3. 3

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