league

/liːg/ noun

Definition

› [C] a group of teams which compete against each other in a sport: top/bottom of the league major/minor league baseball Who won the league championship this year?

be in league with sb › to be secretly working or planning something with someone, usually to do something bad

not be in the same league as sb/sth informal › to not be as good as someone or something: It's a nice enough restaurant but it's not in the same league as Rossi's.

(Definition of league noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)