Definitions for league
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Princeton's WordNet(4.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. league, conferencenoun

   an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members

2. leaguenoun

   an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action

3. leagueverb

   an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles)

4. leagueverb

   unite to form a league

GCIDE(2.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Leaguenoun

   Specifically: (Sports) An association of sports teams that establishes rules of play, decides questions of membership in the league, and organizes matches between the member teams. In some cases a sports league is called a conference, as in the National Football Conference.

Wiktionary(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. leaguenoun

   A group or association of cooperating members.

   The Red-headed League in Sherlock Holmes stories.

2. leaguenoun

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

   My favorite sports organizations are the National Football League and the American League in baseball.

3. leaguenoun

   The distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers).

4. leagueverb

   To form an association.

5. Etymology: ligg, from ligue, from lega, from the verb legare, from ligo.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Leaguenoun

   Etymology: ligue, French; ligo, Latin.

   1. A confederacy; a combination.

   You peers, continue this united league:
   I every day expect an embassage
   From my Redeemer, to redeem me hence.
   And now in peace my soul shall part to heav’n,
   Since I have made my friends at peace on earth. William Shakespeare.

   We come to be informed by yourselves,
   What the conditions of that league must be. William Shakespeare.

   Thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. Job v. 23.

   Go break thy league with Baasha, that he may depart from me. 2 Chron. xvi. 3.

   It is a great error, and a narrowness of mind, to think, that nations have nothing to do one with another, except there be either an union in sovereignty, or a conjunction in pacts or leagues: there are other bands of society and implicit confederations. Francis Bacon, Holy War.

   I, a private person, whom my country
   As a league breaker gave up bound, presum’d
   Single rebellion, and did hostile acts. John Milton, Agonistes.

   Oh Tyrians, with immortal hate
   Pursue this race: let there be
   ’Twixt us and them no league nor amity. John Denham.

2. Leaguenoun

   1.A league; leuca, Latin; from lech, Welsh; a stone that was used to be erected at the end of every league. William Camden

   Etymology: ligue, French; ligo, Latin.

   2. A measure of length, containing three miles.

   Ere the ships could meet by twice five leagues,
   We were encount’red by a mighty rock. William Shakespeare.

   Ev’n Italy, though many a league remote,
   In distant echo’s answer’d. Addison.

3. To Leagueverb

   To unite; to confederate.

   Where fraud and falshood invade society, the band presently breaks, and men are put to a loss where to league and to fasten their dependances. Robert South, Sermons.

Webster Dictionary(2.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Leaguenoun

   a measure of length or distance, varying in different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of 5.280 feet each, and used (as a land measure) chiefly on the continent of Europe, and in the Spanish parts of America. The marine league of England and the United States is equal to three marine, or geographical, miles of 6080 feet each

2. Leaguenoun

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

3. Leaguenoun

   an alliance or combination of two or more nations, parties, or persons, for the accomplishment of a purpose which requires a continued course of action, as for mutual defense, or for furtherance of commercial, religious, or political interests, etc

4. Leagueverb

   to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support; to confederate

5. Leagueverb

   to join in a league; to cause to combine for a joint purpose; to combine; to unite; as, common interests will league heterogeneous elements

6. Etymology: [F. ligue, LL. liga, fr. L. ligare to bind; cf. Sp. liga. Cf. Ally a confederate, Ligature.]

Freebase(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. League

   A league is a unit of length. It was long common in Europe and Latin America, but it is no longer an official unit in any nation. The league originally referred to the distance a person could walk in an hour. Since the Middle Ages, many values have been specified in several countries. In the context of nautical distances, the 3 mile distance corresponds to how far an observer of average height can see when standing at sea level. Thus, a ship traveling one "league" has reached what was previously the farthest visible distance on the horizon. The lack of a historical and global standard for the exact measure of a "league" can be accounted for by the variable elevation of the observer.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(4.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. League

   lēg, n. a nautical measure, 1⁄20th of a degree, 3 geographical miles, 3.456 statute miles: an old measure of length, varying from the Roman league, 1.376 mod. Eng. miles, to the French, 2.764 miles, and the Spanish, 4.214 miles. [O. Fr. legue (Fr. lieue)—L. leuca, a Gallic mile of 1500 Roman paces; from the Celt., as in Bret. leó.]

2. League

   lēg, n. a bond or alliance: union for mutual advantage.—v.i. to form a league: to unite for mutual interest:—pr.p. leag′uing; pa.t. and pa.p. leagued.—n. Leag′uer, one connected with a league. [Fr. ligue—Low L. liga—L. ligāre, to bind.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. league

   A confederacy; an alliance. Also, a measure of length consisting of three nautical miles, much used in estimating sea-distances; = 3041 fathoms.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. league

   A measure of length or distance, equal, in England and the United States, to three geographical miles.

2. league

   See Holy League.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'league' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1208

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'league' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1868

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'league' in Nouns Frequency: #558

How to pronounce league?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of league in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of league in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of league in a Sentence

1. Darvin Ham:

   Absolutely, just our running habits. And do n’t get it messed up, Russ is one of the best players our league has ever seen, and there’s still a ton left in that tank. I do n’t know why people tend to try to write him off. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM.

2. Charlotte Hornets:

   One way or another I will be involved (in helping the NBA grow in Africa), but the most important thing is to get that new league started.

3. John Schneider:

   A little bit surprising, but the rules are the rules. Kansas City Royals live by them and the rest of the league lives by them, definitely not a series you’re going to take lightly going into the break. You kind of see who they have, you game plan accordingly, and hopefully build off this two-game series( sweep) against the Phillies.

4. James Caan:

   I had great, great times as a Little League coach, people were talking about me quitting acting, and they would say, ‘What about your creative juices?’ Coaching is creative because you could take a kid who thought he wasn’t any good and, within four minutes, change his mind. And I didn’t have to wait six months for them to put music to it.

5. Eric Bledsoe:

   We’ve got a good mixture of guys. We’ve got good vets who have been in the league for awhile and young players who are hungry to show the world what they can do, mix those two and it’s a great group of players.

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