noun. An association of states, organizations, or individuals for common action; an alliance.

noun. An association of teams or clubs that compete chiefly among themselves.

noun. A class or level of competition.

intransitive verb. To come together in or as if in a league.

intransitive verb. To bring together in or as if in a league.

noun. undefined

noun. A unit of distance equal to 3.0 statute miles (4.8 kilometers).

noun. Any of various other units of about the same length.

noun. A square league.

noun. A compact or covenant between persons for the maintenance of joint interests or mutual service; hence, union; close affinity; friendship.

noun. Specifically A political or military confederation; a covenanted alliance or coalition, as of persons or parties in a state, or more commonly of the ruling powers of different states, for the promotion of common objects or interests; a compact for mutual aid and support in public policy or war: as, the Hanseatic League; the Holy League in France; the league of Schmalkald.

noun. A combination of different associations or bodies of persons for the promotion of common purposes: as, a base-ball league.

noun. Synonyms Confederacy, Coalition, etc. (see alliance), society, federation, association, fraternity.

To form a league; join in friendship or interest; combine for mutual support; confederate.

To combine; band; confederate.

noun. An itinerary unit not now in English use, except as a marine league. (See below.)

noun. A measure of length or distance, varying in different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of 5,280 feet each, and used (as a land measure) chiefly on the continent of Europe, and in the Spanish parts of America. The marine league of England and the United States is equal to three marine, or geographical, miles of 6080 feet each.

noun. A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.

noun. An alliance or combination of two or more nations, parties, organizations, or persons, for the accomplishment of a purpose which requires a continued course of action, as for mutual defense, or for furtherance of commercial, religious, or political interests, etc.

noun. An association of sports teams that establishes rules of play, decides questions of membership in the league, and organizes matches between the member teams. In some cases a sports league is called a conference, as in the National Football Conference.

noun. an alliance of Roman Catholics formed in 1576 by influence of the Duke of Guise for the exclusion of Protestants from the throne of France.

noun. See Covenant,2.

noun. an association, organized in Dublin in 1879, to promote the interests of the Irish tenantry, its avowed objects being to secure fixity of tenure, fair rent, and free sale of the tenants' interest. It was declared illegal by Parliament, but vigorous prosecutions have failed to suppress it.

transitive verb. To join in a league; to cause to combine for a joint purpose; to combine; to unite.

intransitive verb. To unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support; to confederate.

noun. The distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers).

noun. A group or association of cooperating members.

noun. An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship.

verb. To form an association.

noun. an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action

verb. unite to form a league

noun. an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles)

noun. an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members

"Not until the fall of 1918 did Wilson start using the word league himself."

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