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League is a related term of combining.


As nouns the difference between league and combining

is that league is a group or association of cooperating members or league can be (measurement) the distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three english miles (about five kilometers) while combining is the act by which things are combined or brought together.

As verbs the difference between league and combining

is that league is to form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support while combining is .

league

English

(wikipedia league)

Etymology 1

(etyl) ligg, from (etyl) ligue, from (etyl) lega, from the verb legare, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A group or association of cooperating members.
  • the League of Nations
  • * Denham
  • And let there be / 'Twixt us and them no league , nor amity.
  • An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship.
  • My favorite sports organizations are the National Football League''' and the American '''League in baseball.
  • (informal) Rugby league.
  • Are you going to watch the league tonight?
    Derived terms
    * bush league * in a league of one's own * in league (with) * major league * minor league * non-league * out of one's league * seven-league boots

    Verb

    (leagu)
  • To form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support.
  • (South)

    Etymology 2

    From (m), possibly from (etyl).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (measurement) The distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers).
  • * M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisiana (PG), p. 47
  • Seven leagues above the mouth of the river we meet with two other passes, as large as the middle one by which we entered.''
  • A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.
  • References

    * Online Etymology, league * Middle English Dictionary, lege

    combining

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which things are combined or brought together.
  • * (Charles Dickens), The Old Curiosity Shop
  • these little combinings together, of friends, for objects in themselves extremely laudable, but which the law terms conspiracies