team

[ teem ]

/ tim /

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noun

a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest: a football team.

a number of persons associated in some joint action: a team of advisers.

two or more horses, oxen, or other animals harnessed together to draw a vehicle, plow, or the like.

one or more draft animals together with the harness and vehicle drawn.

a family of young animals, especially ducks or pigs.

Obsolete. offspring or progeny; lineage or stock.

verb (used with object)

to join together in a team.

Chiefly Northern U.S. Older Use. to convey or transport by means of a team; haul.

verb (used without object)

to drive a team.

to gather or join in a team, a band, or a cooperative effort (usually followed by up, together, etc.).

adjective

of, relating to, or performed by a team: a team sport; team effort.

Origin of team

before 900; Middle English teme (noun), Old English tēam child-bearing, brood, offspring, set of draft beasts; cognate with Dutch toom bridle, reins, German Zaum, Old Norse taumr

SYNONYMS FOR team

10 combine, unite, ally, merge.

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usage note for team

See collective noun.

OTHER WORDS FROM team

in·ter·team, adjective un·der·teamed, adjective un·teamed, adjective

Words nearby team

teak, teakettle, teakwood, teal, teale's amputation, team, team foul, team handball, team player, team spirit, team up with

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But I think Steve Austin has to team up with a Japanese holdout to stop a nuclear bomb from going off or something.

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The following page details a tribute gag the Simpsons team inserted into the background of a scene.

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Mr. Bachner said it had been hard to introduce his work ethic and share his vision with the locals and his team.

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The team tracked individuals from afar to get a sense of their behavior.

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Like I said, as a team we drew attention to the sport in a way no one ever has.

Tim Howard’s Wall of Intensity |William O’Connor |December 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Another policeman tried to coax me to drive the team down to the police station.

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"If Marian plays on the team with you girls, then look out," further advised Alicia.

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There was also Cardin, a slighter and younger boy who had played the position on the Second Team last year.

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The next morning they were contentedly lying down outside of the enclosure which held their team.

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When one team succeeds in placing the ball between its opponents' goal-posts one point is scored.

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British Dictionary definitions for team

team

/ (tiːm) /

noun (sometimes functioning as plural)

a group of people organized to work together

a group of players forming one of the sides in a sporting contest

two or more animals working together to pull a vehicle or agricultural implement

such animals and the vehicle the coachman riding his team

dialect a flock, herd, or brood

obsolete ancestry

verb

(when intr, often foll by up) to make or cause to make a team he teamed George with Robert

(tr) US and Canadian to drag or transport in or by a team

(intr) US and Canadian to drive a team

Word Origin for team

Old English team offspring; related to Old Frisian tām bridle, Old Norse taumr chain yoking animals together, Old High German zoum bridle

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verb (used without object)

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