league
//liːɡ//
Forms
- Plural
- leagues
- present (v1)
- league
- past (v2)
- leagued
- past participle (v3)
- leagued
- present participle
- leaguing
- 3rd person singular
- leagues
Definitions
1.A group or association of cooperating members.
- And let there be / 'Twixt us and them no league, nor amity.
2.An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship.
- He loved watching cricket leagues all around the world.
- My favorite sports organizations are the National Football League and the American League in baseball.
3.A class or type of people or things that are evenly matched or on the same level.
- We're not even in the same league.
- Forget about dating him; he's out of your league.
4.Ellipsis of rugby league.(informal)
- Are you going to watch the league tonight?
1.To form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support.
- 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.Playing in the The Football League or the Premier League, the top four divisions of English football
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1265
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Synonyms
Etymology
From Middle English liege, ligg, lige (“a pact between governments, an agreement, alliance”)
From Middle French ligue
From Italian lega
From the verb legare
From Latin ligō (“to tie”).