league
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2.8
- noun
- /liːɡ/
:
liga
- At the top of his list, creating a League of Nations to ensure World Peace.
- form a league
- associations and leagues
- peasant leagues
So he forms his Patrick Henry League with his wife.
- So he forms his Patrick Henry League with his wife.
- The same message was being taught in the Ivy League school by these professors.
- We made the first effort with the League of Nations.
- And I was friends with Kenny Cockrel, who was the head of the League of Revolutionary Black Lawyers.
- It's really what it is the the Ivy League ivory towers.
- What is Zack Snyder's Justice League rated for rated R for?
- So get Ivy League, even better, even better.
- The kid who learns that straight A's or some Ivy League nonsense is the only acceptable outcome.
Examples
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After years of conflict, the nations signed a treaty to establish a league for peace.
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So he forms his Patrick Henry League with his wife.
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Germany is not in the world super league of military power.
Academic text (1994) -
Owen declared the Mexican League as the "most democratic league in the world."
Academic text (1994) -
WTO is now in the same league as the World Bank and the IMF.
Academic text (1995) -
Brazil and Mexico have belonged to the middle-income league for generations.
Academic text (2011) -
So African Americans created leagues of their own called the Negro Leagues.
Fiction book (2001) -
The countries formed a league to promote international trade and cooperation.
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Many organizations joined the environmental league to combat climate change together.
Synonyms
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4.3
A group of people or organizations that join together to work for the same goal
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4.3
A group of states or organizations that share a central government but keep some independence
32
6.0
A group of independent countries or organizations that join for a common purpose
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7.4
A group of states or groups that join to work together
Idioms
- Informal
30
7.6
Too good for someone to match, often in social or romantic situations
Compounds
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2.8
An organized baseball and softball league for children with teams, games, and coaching
16
3.8
An organization of Arab countries that helps them work together on politics, trade, culture, and social issues
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4.1
An international group created after World War I to keep peace, ended in 1946 and replaced by the United Nations
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2.3
A group of basketball teams that play against each other in a series of games
- Slang
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8.9
A low-level baseball league often used to describe something of lower quality
A group of five Iroquois tribes in eastern North America that formed a political alliance and later added a sixth
A group of northern European trading cities that worked together for trade and protection in the Middle Ages
A group of Native American tribes in northeastern North America that joined together
An organization that helps people share new ideas, find investors, and meet business contacts
A war from 1689 to 1697 in which many European countries fought against France led by King Louis XIV
Surface Forms
Etymology
League comes from the Old French word ligue, which in turn comes from the Latin root ligare meaning 'to bind'. So a league is literally a group 'bound' together — that is why it means an association or alliance of people, states, or organizations.