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Spell Bee Word: league


Basic Details

Word: League

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: A group of teams that play matches against each other over a season. It can also mean a group of people or countries that join together for a purpose.

Synonyms: association, alliance, union

How to Spell League

Syllables: league

Tricky part: The ee sound is spelt ea, and the word ends in gue, where the u and e are silent.

Watch out for: leage, leegue, leaque, leeg

Memory tip: League has only one syllable, but write it in two parts: lea + gue. The gue tail is the same one found in tongue and plague.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. in a different league: much better than someone or something else Example: "Her singing is in a different league from the rest of the choir."

Usage Examples

Example 1: Our colony's cricket league has eight teams this summer.

Example 2: Indian Super League football matches are shown on TV every weekend.

Example 3: The women of the village formed a league to keep the pond clean.

Fun Fact

League is also an old unit of distance, roughly three miles; Jules Verne's book Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas uses this sense.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

l_ag_e

a) a, u
b) e, a
c) e, u
d) i, u

Show answer

c) e, u. The long ee sound is ea here, and a silent u comes before the last e.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) championchip
b) league
c) stadiam
d) tournamant

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b) league. Each of the other sports words has one wrong letter, such as the a in tournamant.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

gaueel

a) eagle
b) legume
c) league
d) leagues

Show answer

c) league. The g, u and e make the gue tail; l, e and a in front of it give league.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a football league, the teams ____.

a) build stadiums
b) play matches against each other over a season
c) choose referees by vote
d) sell football boots

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b) play matches against each other over a season

2. Which word could replace league in 'a league of nations'?

a) union
b) coach
c) enemy
d) stadium

Show answer

a) union

Associated Words

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Next steps

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