ligue

Definitions of ligue
  1. noun
    an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action
    synonyms: union
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    type of:
    union
    a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations
  2. noun
    a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations
    synonyms: union
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    types:
    confédération, union d'Etats
    a union of political organizations
    union
    an association of states or organizations or individuals for common action
    union douanière
    an association of nations to promote free trade within the union and set common tariffs for nations that are not members
    type of:
    unité politique
    a unit with political responsibilities
  3. noun
    an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
    synonyms: mouvement syndical, mouvement syndicaliste, syndicalisme, syndicat, union
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    type of:
    association, organisation
    a group of people who work together
  4. noun
    the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts
    synonyms: union
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    types:
    fusion
    an occurrence that involves the production of a union
    combinaison
    an occurrence that results in things being united
    amalgame, mélange
    an event that combines things in a mixture
    type of:
    happening, événement
    an event that happens
  5. noun
    a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
    synonyms: union
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    type of:
    ensemble, jeu, service
    a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
  6. noun
    an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members
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    types:
    classe
    a league ranked by quality
    type of:
    association
    a formal organization of people or groups of people
  7. noun
    the act of making or becoming a single unit
    synonyms: union
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    types:
    fusion, unification
    the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
    réunification, réunion
    the act of coming together again
    type of:
    combinaison
    the act of combining things to form a new whole
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