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league tables

league tables is the plural of league table.

Meaning of league table

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

Questions about league tables

What is league tables the plural of?
League tables is the plural of league table.

Words near league tables in the dictionary

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

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