(n.) The act of confederating; a league; a compact for mutual support; alliance, particularly of princes, nations, or states.
(n.) The parties that are confederated, considered as a unit; a confederacy.
Example Sentences:
(1) Matthew Fell, the Confederation of British Industry's director for competitive markets, said: "The government has made absolutely the right decision not to adopt the European FTT in the UK.
(2) The NHS Confederation – backed by the British Medical Association and the royal medical colleges – issued a strong warning that healthcare would suffer as a result of the reforms.
(3) The president of the Confederation of British Industry used his opening address to repeatedly make clear that it regards EU membership as being beneficial to the UK economy and warn against ending the principle of free movement of labour, as opposed to free movement of benefits.
(4) The confederation is grouped around 10 tribes across the north.
(5) These 40 young women were interviewed by one confederate of each sex.
(6) Subjects were induced to interact with a confederate who in all cases revealed something quite personal about himself.
(7) Nigel Edwards of the NHS Confederation, which represents 95% of the health sector, said that there were now trusts considering "closing down services and selling off" hospital wings.
(8) Retail sales have held up surprisingly well , according to the Confederation of British Industry's August survey published on Thursday, suggesting that momentum continued into the early part of the third quarter.
(9) Late last night, al-Ahmar, who is also the head of the Hashid confederation, accused Saleh's troops of not observing the ceasefire.
(10) Mohamed Bin Hammam, the disgraced former president of the Asian Football Confederation, has been linked to paying a string of bribes during the Qatari’s failed bid to become Fifa president, with some linking his activities to the concurrent Qatar 2022 bid.
(11) The study was designed to test whether men and women identifying with a masculine stereotype differ in their perception of a confederate (adversary) who displays either an empathetic or aggressive role in resolving a disagreement over social issues.
(12) Kevin Green, chief executive at the Recruitment and Employment Confederation Without a doubt, the retail sector is having a difficult time.
(13) Students initially expected the confederate to display traits similar to those of a typical former mental patient.
(14) Members of the House of Representatives voted to remove all flags at the federal Capitol, after a heated procedural debate led by Republicans that led to yelling and the display of the Confederate flag – on the House floor.
(15) Organized into same sex dyadic pairs, 64 students (32 male, 32 female) were divided into two groups (high- and low-eye contact) and assigned to either a positive or negative condition defined in terms of the verbal content of the confederate.
(16) Before a cross-party political summit on the local NHS to be held at Stormont this month, a report by the Northern Ireland Confederation – a body that represents 50 health and social care organisations – has warned of additional pressures on the health service.
(17) An earlier version of the article said the Financial Times reported that the Confederation of British Industry had attacked the scheme as "highly discriminatory and very unfortunate".
(18) In the 1860s, the fight between the North and the South was about slavery and the right of the Confederate states to maintain a dreaded institution that kept people of African descent in bondage.
(19) Now, a European champion for club and country , twice Chelsea’s player of the year, the most expensive signing in Manchester United’s history, and a starter in last summer’s Confederations Cup final here, he might have expected to play a central role four years on.
(20) So in June, Fifa banned the instrument from stadiums for the Confederations Cup.
League
Definition:
(n.) A measure of length or distance, varying in different countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of 5.280 feet each, and used (as a land measure) chiefly on the continent of Europe, and in the Spanish parts of America. The marine league of England and the United States is equal to three marine, or geographical, miles of 6080 feet each.
(n.) A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of a league.
(n.) An alliance or combination of two or more nations, parties, or persons, for the accomplishment of a purpose which requires a continued course of action, as for mutual defense, or for furtherance of commercial, religious, or political interests, etc.
(v. i.) To unite in a league or confederacy; to combine for mutual support; to confederate.
(v. t.) To join in a league; to cause to combine for a joint purpose; to combine; to unite; as, common interests will league heterogeneous elements.
Example Sentences:
(1) City badly missed Yaya Touré, on international duty at the Africa Cup of Nations, and have not won a league match since last April when he has been missing.
(2) Schneiderlin, valued at an improbable £27m, and the currently injured Jay Rodriguez are wanted by their former manager Mauricio Pochettino at Spurs, but the chairman Ralph Krueger has apparently called a halt to any more outgoings, saying: “They are part of the core that we have decided to keep at Southampton.” He added: “Jay Rodriguez and Morgan Schneiderlin are not for sale and they will be a part of our club as we enter the new season.” The new manager Ronald Koeman has begun rebuilding by bringing in Dusan Tadic and Graziano Pellè from the Dutch league and Krueger said: “We will have players coming in, we will make transfers to strengthen the squad.
(3) Having been knocked out of the League Cup and Cup Winners' Cup before Christmas, they lost an FA Cup fourth-round replay at West Brom on 1 February.
(4) When you have been out for a month you need to prepare properly before you come back.” Pellegrini will make his own assessment of Kompany’s fitness before deciding whether to play him in the Bournemouth game, which he is careful to stress may not be the foregone conclusion the league table might suggest.
(5) In order for the club to grow and sustain its ability to be a competitive force in the Premier League, the board has made a number of decisions which will strengthen the club, support the executive team, manager and his staff and enhance shareholder return.
(6) There was also acknowledgement for two long-term servants to the men’s game who will both leave the Premier League for Major League Soccer this summer.
(7) The company also confirmed on Thursday as it launched its sports pay-TV offering at its new broadcasting base in the Olympic Park in Stratford, east London, that former BBC presenter Jake Humphrey will anchor its Premier League coverage.
(8) But still we have to fight for health benefits, we have to jump through loops … Why doesn’t the NFL offer free healthcare for life, especially for those suffering from brain injury?” The commissioner, however, was quick to remind Davis that benefits are agreed as part of the collective bargaining process held between the league and the players’ union, and said that they had been extended during the most recent round of negotiations.
(9) We are deeply saddened," said Nyan Win, a spokesman of National League for Democracy.
(10) Huth, a Stoke player for more than five years, has made only one Premier League appearance since suffering a knee injury in November 2013.
(11) According to the Howard League for Penal Reform, which is backing the legal challenge, every year 75,0000 17-year-olds are held in custody.
(12) October 27, 2013 7.27pm GMT Around the league And here’s how things look elsewhere, as we head into the fourth quarter: Cowboys 13-7 Lions Browns 17-20 Chiefs Dolphins 17-20 Patriots Bills 10-28 Saints Giants 15-0 Eagles 49ers 35-10 Jaguars 7.25pm GMT End of 3rd quarter: 49ers 35-10 Jaguars The quarter ends with the Jaguars facing a third-and-one at their own 32.
(13) I would like to see much more of that money go down to the grassroots.” The Premier League argues that its focus must remain on investing in the best players and facilities and claims it invests more in so-called “good causes” than any other football league.
(14) John Carver witnessed signs of much-needed improvement from the visitors in a purposeful spell either side of the interval but it was not enough to prevent a fifth successive Premier League defeat.
(15) "Consider this, all six or so hours of his Champions League finals would have been torture."
(16) Just when Everton thought they might start 2014 by keeping Liverpool out of the Champions League positions, they came close to failing the wet Wednesday at Stoke test thanks to a goal from an Anfield loanee.
(17) The joint Premier League leaders announced the 21-year-old, who can play in central midfield or at right-back, had signed a contract until 2020.
(18) The National Basketball Players Association has asked the NBA to ban Sterling from attending playoff games and to impose the league's maximum penalties if the comments are verified to be his.
(19) FC Terek Grozny, the newly energised team based in the troubled Caucasus republic of Chechnya , is hoping a slew of high-profile international acquisitions will help it make waves in the Russian premier league, which kicked off last weekend.
(20) Champions League would be better than Europa League, but it makes it difficult to get the result.