league : Idioms & Phrases

• noun an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation
  

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• noun a league of baseball teams
  

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• noun a league of basketball teams
  

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• noun the most important league in any sport (especially baseball)
  majors; big league.
  

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• noun a league of bowling teams
  

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• noun a league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball)
  bush league; minors.
  

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• adjective satellite not of the highest quality or sophistication
  bush.
  

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• noun a league of football teams
  

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• noun a commercial and defensive confederation of free cities in northern Germany and surrounding areas; formed in 1241 and most influential in the 14th century when it included over 100 towns and functioned as an independent political power; the last official assembly was held in 1669
  

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• . See under 2d Hanse.

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• noun a league of hockey teams
  

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• adjective satellite (usually followed by `with') united in effort as if in a league
  
  • they found out that some policemen were in league with the criminals

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• noun a league of Iroquois tribes including originally the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca (the Five Nations); after 1722 they were joined by the Tuscarora (the Six Nations)
  Iroquois League; Six Nations; Five Nations.
  

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• noun a league of universities and colleges in the northeastern United States that have a reputation for scholastic achievement and social prestige
  

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• noun a league of Iroquois tribes including originally the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca (the Five Nations); after 1722 they were joined by the Tuscarora (the Six Nations)
  Iroquois League; Six Nations; Five Nations.
  

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• noun an international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations; although suggested by Woodrow Wilson, the United States never joined and it remained powerless; it was dissolved in 1946 after the United Nations was formed
  

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• verb attach oneself to a group
  band oneself.
  

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• noun a commercially sponsored baseball league for players between 8 and 12 years of age
  

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• noun a team that plays in a little league
  

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• noun the most important league in any sport (especially baseball)
  majors; big league.
  

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• noun a team that plays in a major league
  major-league club.
  

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• noun a team that plays in a major league
  major-league club.
  

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• three geographical miles.

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• noun a league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball)
  bush league; minors.
  

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• noun a team that plays in a minor league
  minor-league club.
  

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• noun a team that plays in a minor league
  minor-league club.
  

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• . See Covenant,2.

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• an alliance of Roman Catholics formed in 1576 by influence of the Duke of Guise for the exclusion of Protestants from the throne of France.

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• an association, organized in Dublin in 1879, to promote the interests of the Irish tenantry, its avowed objects being to secure fixity of tenure fair rent, and free sale of the tenants' interest. It was declared illegal by Parliament, but vigorous prosecutions have failed to suppress it.

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• noun an aggressive war waged by Louis XIV against Spain and the Holy Roman Empire and England and Holland and other states (1689-1697)
  War of the Grand Alliance.
  

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