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team
[ teem ]
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)
adjective
- of, relating to, or performed by a team:
a team sport; team effort.
team
/ tiːm /
noun
- 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
- whenintr, often foll by up to make or cause to make a team
he teamed George with Robert
- tr to drag or transport in or by a team
- intr to drive a team
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Other Words From
- inter·team adjective
- under·teamed adjective
- un·teamed adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Crover is still quite a small team, with six full-time and one part-time employee, but the company is poised to start growing after two years.
The team who won the league is the team who won the final game.
The team took the frog and beetle duo into a lab setting to observe them more closely.
The entire team went cold from deep in Game 7, missing all 12 of its corner 3-point tries after hitting them consistently in the first round and Games 1 through 6 of the second.
On weekends, the team would run up and down stairs along the city’s River Valley area.
But if Democrats are faced with the reality of a glut of qualified candidates, Republicans are assembling more of a fantasy team.
Weeks retained an unparalleled legal team, which included bitter political rivals Hamilton and Burr.
But I think Steve Austin has to team up with a Japanese holdout to stop a nuclear bomb from going off or something.
The following page details a tribute gag the Simpsons team inserted into the background of a scene.
Alpha Team was killed, Faal told the FBI, while the Bravo members who were not gunned down fled.
Accordingly, she had the boys to hitch a team to a buggy and took him driving over the great estate.
Well, from what little I've seen and heard of him, he'd be a whole team if he's willing to throw in with us and take a chance.
You had better go to him, Dolly, and bid him good bye, before he takes the team to the field.
And the team moved on, and poor Dolly, more ashamed of her errand than ever, went into the house.
They booked their places and paid their money, and were proud to sit behind their friend with such a splendid team.
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What does team mean?
A team is a group of people who work together in a joint action, as in Our Academic Decathlon team was made up of some of the smartest kids in our school.
A team is also a group of people on one side of a contest or game, such as a soccer team or a trivia team.
A team is also two or more draft animals, such as horses, harnessed together to pull something, like a plow or a cart.
To team up is to form a group to work together, as in Miles and Lex teamed up to study for the big science test next month.
Example: My team is working hard on these software solutions for streaming platforms.
Where does team come from?
The first records of the term team come from before the 900s. It comes from the Old English tēam, meaning “a set of animals used to pull a load.” As time went on, the term for a group of animals was eventually expanded to also mean a group of people.
The most common use of team describes one side of a competition or sport, such as a football team or soccer team. Similarly, team can be used as an adjective as in team sport or team project.
When referring to draft animals, to team means to harness the animals together or drive them, as in When her tractor broke down, the farmer teamed her two horses to pull an old-fashioned plow in order to get the work done.
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What are some other forms related to team?
- interteam (adjective)
- underteamed (adjective)
- unteamed (adjective)
- teamer (noun)
What are some synonyms for team?
What are some words that share a root or word element with team?
What are some words that often get used in discussing team?
How is team used in real life?
Team is a commonly used word to describe two or more people who are working together or playing on the same side of a game.
In team vote, vast majority of Nationals players voted against going to Miami for three-game series this weekend, sources tell The Athletic. Decision will rest with MLB.
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) July 28, 2020
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Which of the following is NOT a synonym for team?
A. squad
B. group
C. individual
D. crew
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