LEAGUE


Meaning of LEAGUE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ li:g ]

( leagues)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

A league is a group of people, clubs, or countries that have joined together for a particular purpose, or because they share a common interest.

...the League of Nations.

...the World Muslim League.

N-COUNT : oft in names

2.

A league is a group of teams that play the same sport or activity against each other.

...the American League series between the Boston Red Sox and World Champion Oakland Athletics...

The club are on the brink of promotion to the Premier League.

N-COUNT

3.

You use the word league to make comparisons between different people or things, especially in terms of their quality.

Her success has taken her out of my league...

Their record sales would put them in the same league as The Rolling Stones.

N-COUNT : with supp

4.

If you say that someone is in league with another person to do something bad, you mean that they are working together to do that thing.

There is no evidence that the broker was in league with the fraudulent vendor...

PHRASE : usu v-link PHR , oft PHR with n

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