League

noun

/liːɡ/

Word Frequency: 22.5

Definitions

1.nounA group or association of cooperating members.

"the League of Nations"

2.nounAn 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(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."

4.nounA prefecture-level administrative unit in Inner Mongolia (Chinese: 盟).

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

6.nounA version of rugby football, played between two teams of thirteen.