LEAGUE
\lˈiːɡ], \lˈiːɡ], \l_ˈiː_ɡ]\
Definitions of LEAGUE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
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an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action
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an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles)
By Princeton University
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an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
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an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action
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an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.
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An alliance or combination of two or more nations, parties, 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.
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To unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support; to confederate.
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To join in a league; to cause to combine for a joint purpose; to combine; to unite; as, common interests will league heterogeneous elements.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.
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An alliance or combination of two or more nations, parties, 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.
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To unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support; to confederate.
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To join in a league; to cause to combine for a joint purpose; to combine; to unite; as, common interests will league heterogeneous elements.
By Noah Webster.
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An agreement between two or more persons, nations, or parties for the accomplishment of some purpose for their common good; a measure of three geographical miles.
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To combine for mutual interests.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A distance of about three English miles, but varying greatly in different countries.
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A bond or alliance: union for the promotion of mutual interest.
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To form a league: to unite for mutual interest:-pr. p. leaguing; pa.t. and pa.p. leagued.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [French] A combination of two or more parties for promoting their mutual interest, or for executing any design in concert;— a national contract or compact confederacy; coalition; combination.
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n. [Welsh] Originally a kind of mile-stone;— a measure of length or distance, equal, in England and the United States, to three geographical miles— used chiefly at sea.
