league

league
[li:g] n
1) (group) Bund m;
the Ivy L\league die Eliteuniversitäten pl der USA [an der Ostküste];
the L\league of Nations der Völkerbund;
the Arab/Hanseatic L\league die Arabische Liga/die Hanse;
2) (esp pej: agreement to cooperate)
to be in \league with sb mit jdm gemeinsame Sache machen [o (fam) unter einer Decke stecken];
3) (in competitive sport) Liga f;
to be bottom/top of the \league den Tabellenschluss bilden/Tabellenführer sein;
the \league championship die Ligameisterschaft;
football \league Fußballliga f;
to win the \league die Meisterschaft gewinnen;
4) (fig: class) Klasse f;
to be in a different \league in einer anderen Klasse sein;
this hotel is in a different \league altogether from other ones dieses Hotel fällt in eine ganz andere Kategorie als die anderen;
to be/not be in the same \league as sb/sth [nicht] das gleiche Format wie jd/etw haben;
to be out of sb's \league (too expensive) jds Verhältnisse übersteigen;
(too good) jdn [weit] überragen;
she's a really classy girl, a bit out of his \league if you ask me sie ist ein echt klasse Mädchen, viel zu schade für ihn, wenn du mich fragst (fam)
PHRASES:
the big \league die Spitzenliga n
modifier (club, event, game, match, player, team) Liga-

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