League Team Liːɡ Baseball Women’s Noun Bre Major

• major league baseball
• united were league champions last season.
• if we look at the league table we can see bolton are bottom with 21 points.
• as a painter, he is in a league of his own (= much better than others).

league

1. a group of sports teams who all play each other to earn points and find which team is best
• see also minor-league
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/minor-league_2
• major league baseball
• United were league champions last season.
• If we look at the league table we can see Bolton are bottom with 21 points.
2. a level of quality, ability, etc.
• As a painter, he is in a league of his own (= much better than others).
• They're in a different league from us.
• When it comes to cooking, I'm not in her league (= she is much better than me).
• A house like that is out of our league (= too expensive for us).
3. a group of people or nations who have combined for a particular purpose
• synonym alliance
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/alliance
• the League of Nations
• a meeting of the Women’s League for Peace
4. a unit for measuring distance, equal to about 3 miles or 4 800 metres
5. making secret plans with somebody

Extra Examples

• As a painter he is in a league of his own.
• He played Sunday League cricket for years.
• He set a league record for the longest touchdown run.
• Hopefully he’ll get called up to the big leagues soon.
• The Yankees dominated the league in 1998.
• The team is now in the Premier League.
• The team joined the Northern League last year.
• The team slipped to the foot of the Northern League table.
• They want to start a new football league.
• They’re hoping to improve their position in the league.
• This move propelled him into the political big league.
• Those two crooks seem to be in league with each other.
• Today’s technology is in a different league.
• a baseball field with a Little League game going on
• new proposals for a European super league
• players for a team in a fantasy league
• school league tables
• the League for Prison Reform
• the countries in the Arab League
• the first women’s professional athletic league in the US
• the standard for professional sports leagues in this country
• A house like that is out of our league.
• When it comes to cooking, I’m not in her league.
• a meeting of the Women’s League for Peace

Word Origin

• senses 1 to 3 late Middle English (denoting a compact for mutual protection or advantage): via French from Italian lega, from legare ‘to bind’, from Latin ligare.