team

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/tiːm/

verb 6noun 5intj 1name 1

Collocations

(noun.) group of people who work together

ADJ

joint

The two companies formed a joint team to develop the new software project.

five-strong | husband and wife

campaign, creative, design, development, editorial, investigation, management, marketing, production, project, research, sales

The creative team spent weeks developing ideas for the new advertising campaign.

legal, medical | multidisciplinary | rescue

VERB + TEAM

build, form, train

The coach spent months building a competitive team for the upcoming championship.

lead, head, manage, run

join

After graduating, he decided to join the marketing team at a tech company.

work (together) as

The players worked together as a team to win the championship last season.

TEAM + VERB

comprise sb, consist of sb

Our volleyball team comprises twelve players from different schools across the city.

develop sth, operate, work on/with sth

Our marketing team is working with designers to create the new website.

TEAM + NOUN

leader, member

player

The team player always helps her colleagues finish their work on time.

meeting | approach

building, development

The company organized a weekend team building activity to help new employees get to know each other.

spirit

effort

The success of our charity event depended on the team effort of volunteers working together.

PREP

in a/the ~

My brother plays in a team at school and loves going to practice every week.

~ of

A team of doctors worked together to find a cure for the disease.

PHRASES

a member of a team, part of a team

Definitions

noun

A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.

It happened almost every day that coaches stuck fast, until a team of cattle could be procured from some neighbouring farm to tug them out of the slough.

The adjacent alleys were choked with tethered wagons, the teams reversed and nuzzling gnawed corn-ears over the tail-boards.

Any group of people involved in the same activity, especially sports or work.

We need more volunteers for the netball team.

The IT manager leads a team of three software developers.

A group of animals moving together, especially young ducks.

she will wonder to have a teeme of ducklings about her

a long team of snowy swans on high

A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances thereto.

TEAM, Theam, Tem, Them. Sax. [from tyman, to propagate, to teem.] In old English law. Literally, an offspring, race or generation. A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes and villeins, and their offspring or suit. They who had a jurisdiction of this kind, were said to have a court of Theme... constantly used in the old books in connection with toll, in the expression Toll & Team.

A group of people who favor one side of a binary debate that is divided and lacks a well-established clear consensus.

As Jan. 1, 2020, approaches, it turns out there is a Team Zero and a Team 1 – those who believe the new decade will begin after midnight on the upcoming New Year's Eve and those who believe the burgeoning celebrations of a new decade (and all the "last decade" retrospectives) are in fact a year early.

verb

To form a group, as for sports or work.

They teamed to complete the project.

To go together well; to harmonize.

Rich, creamy avocado is cut back by the citrus sharpness of grapefruit in this Israeli-inspired salad. It's brilliant for a brunchy breakfast, and teams well with grilled salmon, tuna, or mackerel for dinner.

To convey or haul with a team.

to team lumber

the farmer has been all winter teaming wood along the river

To form together into a team.

to team oxen

To give work to a gang under a subcontractor.

intj

Used to propose that another player team up with the speaker.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a cooperative unit (especially in sports)

squad

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

team up with

To associate with another in a joint enterprise.

The ice cream shop teamed up with the cookie and brownie place next door to create wonderful sundaes.

there's no I in team

Teamwork should focus on the needs of the team, not on the individual.

As Mr. Sloan always says, there is no "I" in "team", but there is an "I" in "pie". And there's an "I" in "meat pie". Anagram of "meat" is "team"… I don't know what he's talking abo

bat for the other team

To be homosexual.

home team

The team that is playing in the usual area that they play in, as opposed to the visitor team.

take one for the team

To accept some chore, hardship, or punishment for the sake of one's friends or colleagues.

Example Bank

It happened almost every day that coaches stuck fast, until a team of cattle could be procured from some neighbouring farm to tug them out of the slough.

Wiktionary

The adjacent alleys were choked with tethered wagons, the teams reversed and nuzzling gnawed corn-ears over the tail-boards.

Wiktionary

We need more volunteers for the netball team.

Wiktionary

They teamed to complete the project.

Wiktionary

to team lumber

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, team is marked as obsolete, UK, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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