League vs. Alliance
Leaguenoun
A group or association of cooperating members.
Leaguenoun
An organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship.
Leaguenoun
(informal) rugby league
Leaguenoun
A prefecture-level administrative unit in Inner Mongolia.
Leaguenoun
(measurement) The distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers).
Leaguenoun
A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.
Leagueverb
To form an association; to unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support.
Leaguenoun
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.
Leaguenoun
A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.
Leaguenoun
An alliance or combination of two or more nations, parties, organizations, 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.
Leaguenoun
An association of sports teams that establishes rules of play, decides questions of membership in the league, and organizes matches between the member teams. In some cases a sports league is called a conference, as in the National Football Conference.
Leagueverb
To unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support; to confederate.
Leagueverb
To join in a league; to cause to combine for a joint purpose; to combine; to unite; as, common interests will league heterogeneous elements.
Leaguenoun
an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
Leaguenoun
an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action
Leaguenoun
an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3 miles)
Leagueverb
unite to form a league
Alliancenoun
(uncountable) The state of being allied.
Alliancenoun
(countable) The act of allying or uniting.
Alliancenoun
(countable) A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.
Alliancenoun
(countable) Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
Alliancenoun
(with the definite article) The persons or parties allied.
Allianceverb
(obsolete) To connect or unite by alliance; to ally.
Alliancenoun
The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state; an alliance between France and England.
Alliancenoun
Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
Alliancenoun
The persons or parties allied.
Allianceverb
To connect by alliance; to ally.
Alliancenoun
the state of being allied or confederated
Alliancenoun
a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest;
Alliancenoun
an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty
Alliancenoun
a formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim
Alliancenoun
the act of forming an alliance or confederation
Alliance
An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not explicit agreement has been worked out among them. Members of an alliance are called allies.
