leagues is a form of:
League
noun
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- (a group of people or countries that combine formally for a particular purpose, a class of contestants, a group of teams organized to compete against one another, a group or class. a measure of distance, about three miles. -League of Nations an international organization to promote world peace and cooperation that was created by the Treaty of Versailles [1919]) សម្ពន្ធ, រួមជាបក្ស, ការប្រណាំង, ការប្រកួត (ក្នុងកីឡា)
Example: I'm not in his league. international league សម្ពន្ធ, សន្និបាត - 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) សម័្ពន្ធ, កិច្ចព្រមព្រៀងបង្កើតជាសម័្ពន្ធ
verb — past tense: leagued ; past participle: leagued ; present participle: leaguing ;
- 1.
- រួមសម្ព័ន្ធ
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) (To form into a league) រួបរួមគ្នា
Example: All the teams in the 4 divisions of the Football League compete for the Cup, the League of Nations; a baseball league, in league with.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- 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.
- 2.
- A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.
- 3.
- 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.
verb — past tense: leagued ; past participle: leagued ; present participle: leaguing ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support; to confederate.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To join in a league; to cause to combine for a joint purpose; to combine; to unite; as, common interests will league heterogeneous elements.
- 1.
- alliance, association, brotherhood, club, coalition, combination, confederacy, entente, federation, union