"league" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "league",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leagues",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Rodriguez won the American League most-valuable-player award in 2003 and 2005."
        },
        {
          "text": "The chances of your son making the National Hockey League are close to zero."
        },
        {
          "text": "He spent the summer driving around Texas, watching minor league baseball games."
        },
        {
          "text": "They played in this year's league championship, but lost by six points."
        },
        {
          "text": "They could win and finish as the best team in the best league."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A league is a group of sports teams that play against each other."
      ],
      "id": "simple-league-en-noun-aV9b2WKH",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The League of Conservation Voters is one of the largest and most political environmental groups in the country."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A league is a group of people who have joined together to promote a similar idea."
      ],
      "id": "simple-league-en-noun-z9IaSgYc",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The Toyota Corolla is not even in the same league as the beautiful new Jaguar."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you are not in the same league as somebody else, they are much better than or different from you."
      ],
      "id": "simple-league-en-noun-Xuli1ZZn"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "If you are out of your league, you're trying something too difficult for you."
      ],
      "id": "simple-league-en-noun--FI-FV~N"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "If you are in league with somebody, you are working with them, usually in secret and for a bad reason."
      ],
      "id": "simple-league-en-noun-qs0hL8Rm"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old words",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A league is a distance of 4,828 metres on land or 5,556 metres at sea."
      ],
      "id": "simple-league-en-noun-yMY-WNmI",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable",
        "old, no longer used"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/liːɡ/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/li:g/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-league.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "league"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "league",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leagues",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Rodriguez won the American League most-valuable-player award in 2003 and 2005."
        },
        {
          "text": "The chances of your son making the National Hockey League are close to zero."
        },
        {
          "text": "He spent the summer driving around Texas, watching minor league baseball games."
        },
        {
          "text": "They played in this year's league championship, but lost by six points."
        },
        {
          "text": "They could win and finish as the best team in the best league."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A league is a group of sports teams that play against each other."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The League of Conservation Voters is one of the largest and most political environmental groups in the country."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A league is a group of people who have joined together to promote a similar idea."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The Toyota Corolla is not even in the same league as the beautiful new Jaguar."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you are not in the same league as somebody else, they are much better than or different from you."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "If you are out of your league, you're trying something too difficult for you."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "If you are in league with somebody, you are working with them, usually in secret and for a bad reason."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns",
        "Old words"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A league is a distance of 4,828 metres on land or 5,556 metres at sea."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable",
        "old, no longer used"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/liːɡ/"
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/li:g/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-league.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "league"
}