League

Pronunciation

• IPA: /liːɡ/
• Rhymes: -iːɡ

Middle English ligg, from Middle French ligue, from Italian lega, from the verb legare, from Latin ligō ("to tie").

Full definition of league

Noun

1. A group or association of cooperating members.the League of Nations
• DenhamAnd let there be
  'Twixt us and them no league, nor amity.
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. (informal) Rugby league.Are you going to watch the league tonight?

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

Verb

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

From Late Latin leuga, possibly from Gaulish or Celtic.

Noun

1. (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. 47Seven leagues above the mouth of the river we meet with two other passes, as large as the middle one by which we entered.''
2. A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.