leagues

Noun (1)

league (countable and uncountable, plural leagues)

1. A group or association of cooperating members.
   • the League of Nations
2. An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship.
   • My favorite sports organizations are the National Football League and the American League in baseball.
3. A class or type of people or things that are evenly matched or on the same level.
   • Forget about dating him; he's out of your league.
4. A prefecture-level administrative unit in Inner Mongolia (Chinese: 盟).
5. An alliance or coalition.

Noun (2)

league (plural leagues)

1. (obsolete, measurement) A unit of itinerary distance varying with country, in Britain commonly about three statute miles (or five kilometres). Perhaps representing an hour's walking.
   • Thenne kynge Mark and sir Dynadan rode forth a four leges englysshe tyl that they came to a brydge where houed a knyght on horsbak armed and redy to Iuste.
     "Then King Mark and Sir Dinadan rode forth a four leagues English, till that they came to a bridge where hoved a knight on horseback, armed and...1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book X, Chapter 10

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