League
WordNet
noun
(1) An association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
(2) An association of states or organizations or individuals for common action
(3) An obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles)
verb
(4) Unite to form a league
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A group or association of cooperating members.
- The Red-headed League in Sherlock Holmes stories.
- 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.
- The distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers).
- M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisiana (PG), p. 47
- Seven leagues above the mouth of the river we meet with two other passes, as large as the middle one by which we entered.
- M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisiana (PG), p. 47