league

Coalition of teams

A league is an alliance or association of people, nations, or groups united for mutual benefit or a common purpose: the League of Nations, the Arab League.

In sports, a league organizes teams that compete against each other: the National Football League, a bowling league.

The phrase in league with suggests collaboration, often secretive or sinister: They suspected he was in league with the enemy.

To be out of someone's league is to be beyond their level of ability or social standing.

Separately, a league is an old unit of distance, roughly three miles—still used figuratively: twenty thousand leagues under the sea.

sports

team

Organized cooperative unit

championshipCompetition for top rank
tournamentMulti-round competitive event
playoffsChampionship elimination series

season · division · conference · cup · standings · roster · draft · franchise · commissioner · relegation

alliance

coalition

Temporary alliance for action

federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
confederationAutonomous entities united loosely
blocAllied group sharing interests

pact · treaty · entente · axis · consortium · partnership · syndicate · association · guild · union

tier

division

Splitting into parts

rankPosition in hierarchy
tierHorizontal structural layer
classGrouping by shared traits

level · echelon · bracket · stratum · caliber · standing · category · grade · classification · status

distance

mile

5,280 feet

nauticalOf ships and sailing
marineRelating to the sea
measurementDetermining size or amount

fathom · knot · maritime · voyage · depth · sea · undersea · Nemo

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