leaguenoun [ C ]
uk/liːɡ/us/liːɡ/league noun [ C ] (SPORT)
B1 a group of teams playing a sport who take part in competitions between each other:
Who do you think will win the league championship this year?
Liverpool were top of the Football League that year.
They are currently bottom of the league.
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- Cambridge United are lying third in the league.
- New teams won't be admitted to the league if their stadiums don't pass muster.
- The six-year-old is on a peewee league baseball team.
- The team are ten points ahead of their closest pursuers in the league.
- He's thought to be the best shooter in the league.
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Competitors & participants in sports & games
- back four
- benchwarmer
- boot boy
- center forward
- center half
- defence
- eleven
- fielder
- finisher
- gymnast
- outfield player
- outside forward
- phoenix club
- playmaker
- poacher
- runner
- scratch
- sprint
- underdog
- winger
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league noun [ C ] (ORGANIZATION)
a group of people or countries who join together because they have the same interest:
the League of Nations
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Groups of people
- alliance
- an
- assemblage
- band
- bee
- corps
- crop
- galaxy
- gang
- ginger group
- group
- grouping
- quarter
- think tank
- threesome
- throng
- tribe
- trio
- triumvirate
- wing
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Idiom(s)
be in a different league
be in league with sb
be out of your league
not be in the same league