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league

/liːɡ/

noun

Meaning

  • A group or association of cooperating members.

    "the League of Nations"

  • 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."

  • (often in the negative) A class or type of people or things that are evenly matched or on the same level.

    "Forget about dating him; he's out of your league."

  • A prefecture-level administrative unit in Inner Mongolia (Chinese: 盟).

verb

Meaning

  • To form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support.

noun

Meaning

  • A version of rugby football, played between two teams of thirteen.