Collocations for "league"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "league" in context.
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league
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [soccer, baseball, bowling, sports] league
- the national [soccer] league
- the national league of [soccer]
- [a member, the Council] of the Arab League
- plays in the [major, minor, professional, social] league
- is the [best, worst, weakest] [team, player] in the league
- the league [has, contains] [twelve] teams
- the league [has, consists of] [thirty] matches
- need [two] more points to win the league
- [lost, won] the league on the [last, penultimate] game
- promoted to the [first, premier] league
- relegated to the [second, third] league
- are now top of the league
- (now) only [two] teams [playing, vying] for the league
- are in league together
- is in league with the devil
- I think she's out of your league!
- has made it to the big league
- is in a league of her own
- dated: a distance of [three] leagues
- is the league [winner, champion, runner-up]
- the league [table, classification]
- has the [best, highest, record] league average
- the average league [attendance, score]
'league' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Asian
- apart
- baseball
- basketball
- below
- bottom
- bowl
- bowling
- commissioner
- competitor
- country
- dart
- dome
- forfeit
- forward
- franchise
- fresh
- ivy
- junior
- leader
- leap
- national
- north
- number
- player
- premier
- promote
- regain
- season
- soccer
- sponsor
- table
- team
- those
- tilt
- title
- twice
- university
- winner