league

1. 1.

   unite to form a league

   Broaderunite

Other forms of league

plural

leagues·

past tense

leagued·

present participle

leaguing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about league

What does league mean?

league means "an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in league?

league has 1 syllable: league. In IPA it is /ˈliɡ/.

What is another word for league?

Close synonyms include conference. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is league a common word?

league is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.