league

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Translations

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /liːɡ/, SAMPA: /li:g/
• Rhymes: -iːɡ

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league (plural leagues)

1. A group or association of cooperating members.

   The Red-headed League in Sherlock Holmes stories.

2. 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. (measurement) The distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers).
   • M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisiana (PG), p. 47

     Seven leagues above the mouth of the river we meet with two other passes, as large as the middle one by which we entered.

[edit] Derived terms

• bush league
• in a league of one's own
• in league (with)
• major league
• minor league
• out of one's league
• seven-league boots

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to league (third-person singular simple present leagues, present participle leaguing, simple past and past participle leagued)

1. To form an association.

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