'League' definitions:
Definition of 'league'
(from WordNet)
noun
An association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members [syn: league, conference]
noun
An association of states or organizations or individuals for common action
noun
An obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles)
verb
Unite to form a league
Definition of 'League'
From: GCIDE
- League \League\ (l[=e]g), n. [F. ligue, LL. liga, fr. L. ligare to bind; cf. Sp. liga. Cf. Ally a confederate, Ligature.]
- 1. An alliance or combination of two or more nations, parties, organizations, or persons, for the accomplishment of a purpose which requires a continued course of action, as for mutual defense, or for furtherance of commercial, religious, or political interests, etc. [1913 Webster]
- And let there be 'Twixt us and them no league, nor amity. --Denham. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Specifically: (Sports) An association of sports teams that establishes rules of play, decides questions of membership in the league, and organizes matches between the member teams. In some cases a sports league is called a conference, as in the National Football Conference. [PJC]
- Note: A league may be offensive or defensive, or both; offensive, when the parties agree to unite in attacking a common enemy; defensive, when they agree to a mutual defense of each other against an enemy. [1913 Webster]
- The Holy League, an alliance of Roman Catholics formed in
- 1576 by influence of the Duke of Guise for the exclusion of Protestants from the throne of France.
- Solemn League and Covenant. See Covenant,2.
- The land league, an association, organized in Dublin in
- 1879, to promote the interests of the Irish tenantry, its avowed objects being to secure fixity of tenure, fair rent, and free sale of the tenants' interest. It was declared illegal by Parliament, but vigorous prosecutions have failed to suppress it.
- Syn: Alliance; confederacy; confederation; coalition; combination; compact; cooperation. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'League'
From: GCIDE
- League \League\ (l[=e]g), n. [Cf. OE. legue, lieue, a measure of length, F. lieue, Pr. lega, legua, It. & LL. lega, Sp. legua, Pg. legoa, legua; all fr. LL. leuca, of Celtic origin: cf. Arm. leo, lev (perh. from French), Ir. leige (perh. from English); also Ir. & Gael. leac a flag, a broad, flat stone, W. llech, -- such stones having perh. served as a sort of milestone (cf. Cromlech).]
- 1. A measure of length or distance, varying in different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of 5,280 feet each, and used (as a land measure) chiefly on the continent of Europe, and in the Spanish parts of America. The marine league of England and the United States is equal to three marine, or geographical, miles of
- 6080 feet each. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The English land league is equal to three English statute miles. The Spanish and French leagues vary in each country according to usage and the kind of measurement to which they are applied. The Dutch and German leagues contain about four geographical miles, or about 4.6 English statute miles. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'League'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'League'
From: GCIDE
- League \League\, v. t. To join in a league; to cause to combine for a joint purpose; to combine; to unite; as, common interests will league heterogeneous elements. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'league'
From: Easton
- League a treaty or confederacy. The Jews were forbidden to enter into an alliance of any kind (1) with the Canaanites (Ex. 23:32, 33; 34:12-16); (2) with the Amalekites (Ex. 17:8, 14; Deut. 25:17-19); (3) with the Moabites and Ammonites (Deut. 2:9, 19). Treaties were permitted to be entered into with all other nations. Thus David maintained friendly intercourse with the kings of Tyre and Hamath, and Solomon with the kings of Tyre and Egypt.
Synonyms of 'league'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accouple,
- accumulate,
- act in concert,
- act together,
- addition,
- affiliate,
- affiliate with,
- affiliation,
- agglomeration,
- agglutinate,
- aggregation,
- agreement,
- alignment,
- alliance,
- ally,
- amalgamate,
- amalgamation,
- amass,
- anschluss,
- Anschluss,
- articulate,
- assemblage,
- assemble,
- assimilation,
- associate,
- association,
- axis,
- band,
- band together,
- be in cahoots,
- be in league,
- blend,
- blending,
- bloc,
- body,
- bond,
- bracket,
- bridge,
- bridge over,
- brotherhood,
- bunch,
- bunch up,
- Bund,
- cabal,
- cahoots,
- capitulation,
- cartel,
- category,
- cement,
- cement a union,
- centralization,
- centralize,
- chain,
- circuit,
- clap together,
- clot,
- club,
- club together,
- cluster,
- coact,
- coadunation,
- coalesce,
- coalescence,
- coalition,
- collaborate,
- colleagueship,
- collect,
- college,
- collegialism,
- collegiality,
- collude,
- combination,
- combine,
- combo,
- come into,
- come together,
- common market,
- composition,
- comprise,
- comradeship,
- concatenate,
- concert,
- concord,
- concordat,
- concur,
- confederacy,
- confederate,
- confederation,
- conference,
- confraternity,
- congeries,
- conglobulate,
- conglomeration,
- congregate,
- conjoin,
- conjugate,
- conjugation,
- conjunction,
- connect,
- consociate,
- consolidate,
- consolidation,
- conspiracy,
- conspire,
- consumer cooperative,
- convention,
- converge,
- cooperate,
- cooperative,
- cooperative society,
- copartnership,
- copartnery,
- copulate,
- corps,
- council,
- couple,
- cover,
- credit union,
- creep in,
- crowd,
- customs union,
- date,
- division,
- do business with,
- economic community,
- ecumenism,
- embodiment,
- embrace,
- encompass,
- encompassment,
- enlist,
- enosis,
- enroll,
- entente,
- entente cordiale,
- enter,
- federalization,
- federalize,
- federate,
- federation,
- fellowship,
- flock together,
- flow together,
- forgather,
- fraternalism,
- fraternity,
- fraternization,
- free trade area,
- freemasonry,
- fuse,
- fusion,
- gang,
- gang around,
- gang up,
- gather,
- gather around,
- get heads together,
- get into,
- get together,
- glue,
- go in partners,
- go in partnership,
- go into,
- go partners,
- grade,
- group,
- grouping,
- guild,
- hang together,
- harmonize,
- herd together,
- hive,
- hold together,
- hook up,
- hook up with,
- hookup,
- horde,
- huddle,
- include,
- inclusion,
- incorporation,
- integration,
- international agreement,
- join,
- join forces,
- join fortunes with,
- join in,
- join together,
- join up,
- join up with,
- join with,
- junction,
- junta,
- keep together,
- knot,
- lay together,
- league together,
- league with,
- link,
- loop,
- lump together,
- machine,
- make common cause,
- marriage,
- marry,
- marshal,
- mass,
- meet,
- meld,
- melding,
- merge,
- merger,
- mill,
- mob,
- mobilize,
- muster,
- mutual-defense treaty,
- NATO,
- nonaggression pact,
- order,
- organize,
- package,
- package deal,
- paction,
- pair,
- pair off,
- partner,
- partnership,
- piece together,
- pigeonhole,
- play ball,
- political machine,
- pull together,
- put heads together,
- put together,
- rally,
- rally around,
- reciprocate,
- rendezvous,
- ring,
- Rochdale cooperative,
- SEATO,
- seethe,
- sign on,
- sign up,
- sneak in,
- society,
- sodality,
- solder,
- solidification,
- sorority,
- span,
- splice,
- stand together,
- stand up with,
- stick together,
- stream,
- surge,
- swarm,
- syncretism,
- syndication,
- syneresis,
- synthesis,
- take in,
- take out membership,
- take up membership,
- tape,
- team up,
- team up with,
- team with,
- throng,
- throw in together,
- throw in with,
- tie,
- tie in,
- tie in with,
- tie up,
- tie up with,
- tie-in,
- tie-up,
- tier,
- treaty,
- unification,
- unify,
- union,
- unionize,
- unite,
- unite efforts,
- unite with,
- wed,
- wedding,
- weld,
- wheel,
- work together,
- yoke
Words containing 'League'
- Leagued,
- Leaguing,
- in league,
- Epworth League,
- Hanseatic league,
- Land League,
- League City,
- Marine league,
- Primrose League,
- The Holy League,
- The land league,
- arab league,
- baseball league,
- basketball league,
- big league,
- bowling league,
- bush league,
- football league,
- hockey league,
- iroquois league,
- ivy league,
- league of iroquois,
- league of nations,
- league together,
- little league,
- major league,
- minor league,
- League City, TX,
- Solemn League and Covenant,
- Texas league single,
- bush-league,
- major-league,
- minor-league,
- war of the league of augsburg,
- little-league team,
- major-league club,
- major-league team,
- minor-league club,
- minor-league team