join a league

Meaning

This expression means to become a member of an organized group, association, or sports competition that plays regular matches over a season. It can refer to physical sports like bowling and soccer, or online activities like fantasy sports and video gaming. The tone is neutral and conversational.

Examples

• I decided to join a league to meet new people and play soccer on weekends.

  I decided to join a league to meet new people and play soccer on weekends.

• If you want to play competitive bowling, you should join a league.

  If you want to play competitive bowling, you should join a league.

• He convinced his coworkers to join a league for fantasy football this year.

  He convinced his coworkers to join a league for fantasy football this year.

• She was too busy with work to join a league, so she just played casual games.

  She was too busy with work to join a league, so she just played casual games.

• Our local community center makes it very easy to join a league for basketball.

  Our local community center makes it very easy to join a league for basketball.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I want to enter into a league this summer.

  ✓ I want to join a league this summer.

  'Join' is a transitive verb that takes the object directly without prepositions like 'into' or 'to'.

• ✗ He registered to join to a league.

  ✓ He registered to join a league.

  Do not use the preposition 'to' after the verb 'join' when referring to joining groups or organizations.

Related Expressions

Practice

• If you want to play matches every Tuesday night, you should ___ at the local club.

  💡 become part of an organized seasonal sports group

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  join a league

• My friends and I decided to ___ for video games so we could play more competitively.

  💡 sign up for a structured gaming competition

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  join a league