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League

Meaning in sports & fitness, with examples

/liɡ/nounCore term

In sports & fitness, league means: A group of teams or players who compete against each other over a season, earning points for results and ranked in a table.

In Turkish: lig

How it is used

Used in football, basketball, volleyball and amateur sport. Teams win the league, finish top or bottom of the league, and are promoted or relegated. The league table shows points, wins, draws and losses.

Example sentences

  1. We're third in the league with five games to go.

  2. The club was promoted to the top league last season.

Common collocations

  • league table
  • win the league
  • top of the league
  • league match
  • amateur league
  • matchA sports competition between two players or teams, such as a game of football, tennis or boxing, that ends with a result.
  • drawA result in which both teams or players finish with the same score, so neither wins; also the event that decides who plays whom.
  • tournamentA competition in which many players or teams take part in a series of matches or rounds, often ending with a final and a winner.
  • off-seasonThe part of the year when there are no official competitions in a sport, used for rest, recovery, transfers and building fitness for the next season.

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