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Another word for league

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Noun

  1. An association, especially of nations for a common cause

      1. An organization or confederation uniting various individuals, political units, etc.
      2. An organization at a college or university that provides facilities for recreation; a student union.
      3. A workhouse maintained by such a union.
      1. A group of persons organized for a particular purpose; an association or business.
      2. A body of persons organized for some specific purpose, as a club, union, or society
      3. The administrative personnel of such a structure:
      1. The act of uniting or of forming a union of states, groups, etc. by agreement of each member to subordinate its power to that of the central authority in common affairs
      2. A league or association formed by federating, especially a government or political body established through federal union.
      1. The union of the British North American colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada, brought about July 1, 1867, under the name Dominion of Canada.
      2. In Newfoundland, the political union of Newfoundland with Canada.
      3. Federal union of all the Canadian provinces and territories.
      1. People, groups, nations, or states united for some common purpose
      2. A group of people who have united for unlawful practices; a conspiracy.
      3. A league or alliance formed by such a union; federation or confederation
      1. A long-term cooperative alliance among a small number of male lions or cheetahs, especially to gain access to females or territory.
      2. An alliance of factions, nations, etc., for some specific purpose, as of political parties in times of national emergency
      3. A combination; union
      1. A political bloc in certain European countries
      2. A combination of independent business organizations formed to regulate production, pricing, and marketing of goods by the members.
      3. An association of industrialists, business firms, etc. for establishing a national or international monopoly by price fixing, ownership of controlling stock, etc.; trust
      1. (Canada, politics) Bloc Québécois
      2. A group of legislators who, without regard to party affiliation, act together to advance some common interest of their constituents
      3. An alliance, often temporary, of political parties in a legislature
      1. Political or economic union; specif., the annexation of Austria by Germany in 1938
      1. A formal agreement establishing such an association, especially an international treaty of friendship.
      2. A close association of nations or other groups, formed to advance common interests or causes:
      3. An allying or being allied; specif., a union or joining, as of families by marriage
    See also:

    politics

    group

    connect

  2. A group of people united in a relationship and having some interest, activity, or purpose in common

      1. An organization at a college or university that provides facilities for recreation; a student union.
      2. In England, a former combination of parishes for the joint administration of relief for the poor; also, a workhouse kept up by such a union
      3. A labor union.
      1. A group of women or girls joined together by common interests, for fellowship, etc.
      2. A chiefly social organization of women students at a college or university, usually designated by Greek letters.
      3. An association or a society of women.
      1. Companionship; company:
      2. The totality of people regarded as forming a community of interdependent individuals:
      3. An organization or association of persons engaged in a common profession, activity, or interest:
      1. The administrative personnel of such a structure:
      2. A group of persons organized for a particular purpose; an association or business.
      3. A body of persons organized for some specific purpose, as a club, union, or society
      1. A group of persons constituting an association formed for some special purpose
      2. (Ecclesiastical) Any of several grades of the Christian ministry:
      3. A condition in which freedom from disorder or disruption is maintained through respect for established authority:
      1. (Ecology) A group of species in a community that use similar environmental resources in a similar way, such as a group of songbirds that all glean insects from leaves.
      2. An association of persons of the same trade or pursuits, formed to protect mutual interests and maintain standards.
      3. Any association for mutual aid and the promotion of common interests
      1. A group of men (or, sometimes, men and women) joined together by common interests, for fellowship, etc.; specif., a Greek-letter college organization
      2. The state or quality of being brothers; fraternal relationship or spirit; brotherliness
      3. A social organization at a college or university, traditionally consisting of male students and designated by Greek letters.
      1. Companionship; friendly association
      2. The financial grant made to a fellow in a college or university.
      3. The companionship of individuals in a congenial atmosphere and on equal terms:
      1. The act of uniting or of forming a union of states, groups, etc. by agreement of each member to subordinate its power to that of the central authority in common affairs
      2. A league or association formed by federating, especially a government or political body established through federal union.
      1. An assembly or conference; specif., a formal assembly of representatives, as from various nations or churches, to discuss problems
      2. A single meeting, as of a political party or other group.
      3. An association or society
      1. Federal union of all the Canadian provinces and territories.
      2. The union of the British North American colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada, brought about July 1, 1867, under the name Dominion of Canada.
      3. In Newfoundland, the political union of Newfoundland with Canada.
      1. The team playing for or representing such an organization
      2. A group of people organized for a common purpose, especially a group that meets regularly:
      3. (Sports) An athletic team or organization.
      1. The act of associating or the state of being associated.
      2. An organized body of people who have an interest, activity, or purpose in common; a society.
      3. An organization of persons having common interests, purposes, etc.; society; league
    See also:

    group

  3. A group of athletic teams that play each other

      1. A segment of film or magnetic tape whose ends are joined, making a strip that can be continuously replayed.
      2. (Elec.) A complete circuit
      3. A system consisting of a series of operations or activities in which each depends on the outcome of the previous one; esp., such a system in which the result of a later operation affects an earlier operation, providing continuous feedback
      1. A national or district association of Mennonite or certain other Protestant churches
      2. A national or regional association, as of colleges or their athletic teams
      3. (Sports) An association of teams.
      1. The area covered by such a course, especially by the judge or judges of a court.
      2. A sequence of contests or matches held at various places, in which a particular group of athletes compete; also, an association or league of athletic teams
      3. An association of theaters in which plays, acts, or films move from theater to theater for presentation.
      1. The act of associating or the state of being associated.
      2. An organization of persons having common interests, purposes, etc.; society; league
      3. A correlation or causal connection:
    See also:

    group

  4. A division of persons or things by quality, rank, or grade

      1. Any of a series of rows, layers, ranks, etc. arranged one above or behind another
      2. A row, or rank, of seats
      3. A rank or class.
      1. A relative position, usually in a scale classifying persons or things; grade; degree
      2. A relative position or degree of value in a graded group.
      3. An official position or grade:
      1. A style of building:
      2. A group or class of persons set off from others by some trait or quality
      3. A group of persons living under a religious rule:
      1. Any of the divisions in a school curriculum usually equal to one year; most systems in the U.S. include twelve grades after the kindergarten
      2. A group of students at such a level:
      3. A set of persons or things all falling in the same specified limits; a class.
      1. The subject material taught to or studied by such a group:
      2. A grade of mail:
      3. (Biology) A taxonomic category ranking below a phylum or division and above an order.
      1. A classification or grouping, especially within a sequence of numbers or grades, as a category of incomes sharing the same tax rate.
      2. The interval between the ranges of two rounds of artillery fire, as one over and the other short of the target, used to find the correct range
      3. Either of the pair of signs [ ], or sometimes < >, used to enclose a word or words inserted as for explanation, quantities to be taken as a single quantity, etc.
    See also:

    value

    group

Verb

  1. To be formally associated, as by treaty

      1. To unite in a federation
      2. To cause to join into a league, federal union, or similar association.
      3. To become united into a federal union.
      1. To combine into a confederacy.
      2. To form into or become part of a confederacy.
      3. To unite in a confederacy; ally
      1. To unite or connect in a personal relationship, as in friendship or marriage.
      2. To unite or associate for a specific purpose, as families by marriage, nations by treaty, or companies by agreement
      3. To place in a friendly association, as by treaty:
      1. To bring into agreement, close cooperation, etc.
      2. To ally (oneself, for example) with one side of an argument or cause:
      3. To adjust (parts of a mechanism, for example) to produce a proper relationship or orientation:
    See also:

    politics

    connect

  2. To assemble or join in a group

      1. To become joined, formed, or combined into a unit:
      2. To bring together in common cause, interest, opinion, etc.; join, as in action, through fellowship, agreement, legal bonds, etc.
      3. To become combined or joined together; become one or as one, by adhering, associating, etc.
      1. (Idiomatic) To join together, as a gang.
      1. To have, exhibit, or involve in combination:
      2. To come or bring into union; act or mix together; unite; join
      3. To harvest and thresh with a combine
      1. To put a band on or around; tie with a band
      2. To mark or identify with a band:
      3. To tie, bind, or encircle with or as if with a band.
    See also:

    collect

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for league

Noun
      1. The subject material taught to or studied by such a group:
      2. The period during which such a group meets:
      3. A meeting of such a group
      1. A number of persons or things classified together because of common characteristics, community of interests, etc.
      2. (Mathematics) A set, together with a binary associative operation, such that the set is closed under the operation, the set contains an identity element for the operation, and each element of the set has an inverse element with respect to the operation. The integers form a group under the operation of ordinary addition.
      3. An assemblage of persons or objects gathered or located together; an aggregation:
      1. A long-term association of two or more animals of the same species, in which members cooperate for a purpose such as gaining access to mates or defending territory.
      2. A formal agreement establishing such an association, especially an international treaty of friendship.
      3. A close association of nations or other groups, formed to advance common interests or causes:
      1. A group of organisms living together in the same environment and forming a large, distinct component of a biome
      2. An organization of persons having common interests, purposes, etc.; society; league
      3. (Ecology) A large number of organisms in a specific geographic area constituting a community with one or two dominant species.
    See also:

    alliance

    organization

    alliance

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Sentence Examples

  • Connor now belonged in the same league physically as the other three.

  • He strongly opposed the League of Nations.

  • During the next twenty years the philo-laconian policy of Cimon secured Aegina, as a member of the Spartan league, from attack.

  • In the 5th century the three cities were enrolled in the Delian League, and democracies became prevalent.

  • Irish in a league against the supporters of the parliament, and only a few scattered forts held out for the Commonwealth, while the young king was every day expected to land and complete the conquest of the island.

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