league

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A group or association of cooperating members.
2. (countable, uncountable) An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, uncountable) Ellipsis of rugby league.
4. (countable, uncountable) A class or type of people or things that are evenly matched or on the same level.
5. (countable, uncountable) A prefecture-level administrative unit in Inner Mongolia (Chinese: 盟).
6. (countable, uncountable) An alliance or coalition.

Verb

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

Adj

Playing in the The Football League or the Premier League, the top four divisions of English football

Pronounced as (IPA)

/liːɡ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: liege

Inherited from Middle English: lege

Cognate with Middle Breton: leau

Cognate with Breton: lev

In summary

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 (“I tie”).

Synonyms

union

alliance

association

federation

society

confederation

club

coalition

confederacy

corporation

conference

link

🔗

guild

fellowship

bond

covenant

fraternity

gild

organization

bind

assembly

combination

confederate

conjoin

connection

conspiracy

fasten

institution

order

pin

tie

organisation

faction

trade union

cartel

cabal

body

bloc

group

alignment

institute

associate

labor union

league together

liaison

ligament

band together

linkage

marriage

💍

meeting

Translations

ligue

liga

lega

lieue

Bund

Liga

liga

liga

liga

lliga

légua

Verband

verbond

Vereinigung

bond

Sentences

Midlothian Bulls won their seventh league title .