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league

6 definitions • 9 examples
1
a group of teams playing a sport who take part in competitions between each other:

Examples:

Who do you think will win the league championship this year?
UK Liverpool were top of the Football League that year.
They are currently bottom of the league.
2
a group of people or countries who join together because they have the same interest:

Examples:

the League of Nations
3
a group of teams or players in a sport who take part in competitions against each other:

Examples:

Our team has the worst record in the league.
Do you belong to a bowling league?
4
A league is also a group in which all the players, people, or things are on approximately the same level:

Examples:

His new movie is just not in the same league as his last one (= not as good as the one before).
5
a group of people or countries that join together because they have the same interest:

Examples:

the League of Nations
6
If someone is in league with someone else, they have agreed secretly to do something together, esp. something illegal or wrong:

Examples:

They were in league with their accountants to cheat the government by hiding their real income.

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