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football
Noun
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Football refers to a number of team sports in which players kick a ball including association football (soccer), American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, and rugby football.
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A football is the ball used in such games.
league
Noun
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A league is a group of sports teams that play against each other.
Rodriguez won the American League most-valuable-player award in 2003 and 2005.
The chances of your son making the National Hockey League are close to zero.
He spent the summer driving around Texas, watching minor league baseball games.
They played in this year's league championship, but lost by six points.
They could win and finish as the best team in the best league.
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A league is a group of people who have joined together to promote a similar idea.
The League of Conservation Voters is one of the largest and most political environmental groups in the country.
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If you are not in the same league as somebody else, they are much better than or different from you.
The Toyota Corolla is not even in the same league as the beautiful new Jaguar.
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If you are out of your league, you're trying something too difficult for you.
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If you are in league with somebody, you are working with them, usually in secret and for a bad reason.
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A league is a distance of 4,828 metres on land or 5,556 metres at sea.
fourth
Adjective
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The fourth thing is something that is number four (4) in order.
fourth
Noun
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A fourth of something is one of four equal parts of that thing.
Three is one fourth of twelve.
division
Noun
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Divisions are the parts of something after division.
There are four divisions (or sections) in a classical pas de deux.
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A division is a large military unit (group of soldiers)
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A division is a section of a large company.
This division of GenericTech specializes in the manufacturing of routers.
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When scientists are grouping kinds of animals, a division is a kind of group (Latin divisio) below kingdom and above class.
Magnolias belong to the division Magnoliophyta.
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A division is a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument.
There is a division in the Senate between politicians who support abortions and politicians who do not.
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A division is a piece of music (melody), played with musical instruments, in the 17th and 18th centuries based on another piece.
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A division is a set of pipes in a pipe organ.
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A division is a concept where a common group of debtors (people who owe money) are only responsible for part of the total debt.