league
/liːɡ/
noun
- A group of sports teams that compete against each other.
- She has been playing in a professional basketball league for five years.
- Our soccer team won the championship in our local league.
- The league announced a new schedule for the upcoming season.
- A group of people, countries, or organizations that join together for a common purpose.
- They started a neighborhood watch league to improve safety.
- The league of nations was created to promote peace after World War I.
- Several environmental groups formed a league to protect the river.
- A unit of distance, usually about three miles (five kilometers), used especially in the past.
- The ship sailed twenty leagues across the open sea.
- They measured the journey in leagues rather than miles.
- In the old story, the hero walked a league to reach the castle.