Meanings
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1
noun
A group of sports teams that compete against one another.
His team plays in the top football league.
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2
noun
A group or association of people or countries working together.
Several nations formed a league to promote peace.
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3
noun
A level or class of people or things of similar quality.
Forget about dating him; he's out of your league.
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4
verb
To join together for a common purpose.
The smaller states leagued together against the empire.
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Etymology
From Middle English lege (“league”), from Late Latin leuca, leuga (“the Gaulish mile”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *lougā (compare Middle Breton leau, lew, Breton lev / leo (“league”)). Doublet of legua.
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