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league table

league table noun: a tabular display of the teams in some league in order of win percentage or points awarded, often also including number of matches played, won, lost, and drawn, goal difference, etc.

Noun

league table (plural league tables)

  1. A tabular display of the teams in some league in order of win percentage or points awarded, often also including number of matches played, won, lost, and drawn, goal difference, etc.
    Synonyms:
    standings, ladder
  2. (UK) Such a listing of hospitals, schools and other institutions showing their ranking according to various indicators of performance.
    • Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16.[…]There are no inspectors, no exams until the age of 18, no school league tables, no private tuition industry, no school...2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30
    Synonyms:
    points table

league table meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

league table in Tamil

விளையாட்டுக் கழக அணிப்பட்டியல்

league table in Indonesian

tabular display of teams
klasemen

Synonyms of league table

Forms of league table

pluralleague tables

Questions about league table

What does league table mean?
League table means a tabular display of the teams in some league in order of win percentage or points awarded, often also including number of matches played, won, lost, and drawn, goal difference, etc.
What is league table in Tamil?
League table in Tamil is விளையாட்டுக் கழக அணிப்பட்டியல். See League table meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is league table?
League table is a noun.
What is the plural of league table?
The plural of league table is league tables.

Words near league table in the dictionary

  1. league cup
  2. league cups
  3. league football
  4. League of Nations
  5. League One
  6. league table
  7. league tables
  8. League Two
  9. leagued
  10. leaguelong
  11. leaguer

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