leagues
n. countablen. groups of sports teams or people that compete against each other. It can also mean a level of quality or ability.
n. associations of sports clubs or individuals that compete against each other in a structured format. Often used figuratively to describe levels of class, quality, or achievement.
Our local team is at the top of their league.
The professional football leagues are divided into several divisions based on the teams' performance.
The young pianist's technical proficiency was so advanced that critics placed her in a different league from her contemporaries.
Commonly used in the plural when referring to sports structures or in the singular for figurative comparisons.
He is in a different league than meHe is in a different league from meWhile 'than' is common in American English, 'from' or 'of' is the standard preposition for comparisons of quality using this noun.