league

About 22.54 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A group or association of cooperating members.

   the League of Nations

2. noun 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. noun Ellipsis of rugby league.

   Are you going to watch the league tonight?

4. noun 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.

5. noun A prefecture-level administrative unit in Inner Mongolia (Chinese: 盟).
6. noun An alliance or coalition.
7. verb To form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support.
8. adjective Playing in the The Football League or the Premier League, the top four divisions of English football

Similar words

conference coalition alliance club company commonwealth society federal allied association

Often followed by

of and in with was for to baseball had

Word family

leagued leagues leaguing