League
[liːg] or [lig]
Definition
(noun.) an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members.
(noun.) an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action.
(noun.) an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles).
(verb.) unite to form a league.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.
(n.) 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.
(v. i.) To unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support; to confederate.
(v. t.) To join in a league; to cause to combine for a joint purpose; to combine; to unite; as, common interests will league heterogeneous elements.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Alliance, confederation, confederacy, combination, coalition, union.[2]. Three geographical miles.
v. n. Unite, combine, confederate, form a league, form an alliance.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Bond, combination, alliance, compact, confederacy, union, coalition,confederation
ANT:Dissolution, disconnection, neutrality, secession, disunion, disruption,alienation, divorce
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Definition
n. a bond or alliance: union for mutual advantage.—v.i. to form a league: to unite for mutual interest:—pr.p. leag′uing; pa.t. and pa.p. leagued.—n. Leag′uer one connected with a league.
n. a nautical measure 1⁄20th of a degree 3 geographical miles 3.456 statute miles: an old measure of length varying from the Roman league 1.376 mod. Eng. miles to the French 2.764 miles and the Spanish 4.214 miles.
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Examples
- From the side where I now stood Montanvert was exactly opposite, at the distance of a league; and above it rose Mont Bl?nc, in awful majesty. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- He imagined that Venn and Mrs. Yeobright were in league, and felt that there was a certain legitimacy in combating such a coalition. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The League is at present a mere partial league of governments and states. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In particular there was a movement for some sort of world league, a League of Nations. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It may be that several partial leagues may precede any world league. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There is a double league which makes a fair balance of military power. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The field of ice is almost a league in width, but I spent nearly two hours in crossing it. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Shaking hands, with emphasis, added Shirley, as if they were ratifying some solemn league and covenant. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Except in certain specified instances the league of this Covenant could make only unanimous decisions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Church was to be the ruler of the world over all nations, the divinely led ruling power over a great league of terrestrial states. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Stuart describes his spouts as appearing no bigger than a mast, and sometimes less; but they were seen at a league and a half distance. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Then some one started the report that the stranger was in league with the devil, and soon a mob had broken into his lodgings and found his stock of Bibles. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Through all this time Persia appears and reappears as the ally first of this league and then of that. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Third, there can be no leagues or alliances or special covenants and understandings within the general and common family of the League of Nations. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was a league between them, abhorrent to them both. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- For a thousand leagues have nearly the same effect with a thousand years. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- My wife, said Defarge aloud, addressing Madame Defarge: I have travelled certain leagues with this good mender of roads, called Jacques. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- And Dr. Pillule is my very good friend, was the answer, in perfect English; but he is busy at a place three leagues off, and I am come in his stead. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- In this state they traversed without change, except of horses and pace, all the mire-deep leagues that lay between them and the capital. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- This island of Luggnagg stands south-eastward of Japan, about a hundred leagues distant. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- I have been carted out of Marseilles in the dead of night, and carried leagues away from it packed in straw. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It may be that several partial leagues may precede any world league. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Where promises are not observed, there can be no leagues nor alliances. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Two leagues beyond the summit of the hill? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The problem was settled easily enough for his purpose by Jules Verne, in his Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- At the utmost their minds reached out to alliances and leagues. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Third, there can be no leagues or alliances or special covenants and understandings within the general and common family of the League of Nations. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He had been some few leagues behind Monseigneur, early in the afternoon. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Yes; at the distance of a thousand leagues! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He said, by the best computation he could make, we were at least a hundred leagues. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
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