team
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.
to join together in a team.
Chiefly Northern U.S. Older Use. to convey or transport by means of a team; haul.
to drive a team.
to gather or join in a team, a band, or a cooperative effort (usually followed by up, together, etc.).
of, relating to, or performed by a team: a team sport; team effort.
Origin of team
1Grammar notes for team
Other words for team
Other words from team
- in·ter·team, adjective
- un·der·teamed, adjective
- un·teamed, adjective
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How to use team in a sentence
Together, the teams are working 24 hours a day for a product that promises much higher risk than it does profit.
The conspirators were split into two teams, “Alpha” and “Bravo.”
The Shadowy U.S. Veteran Who Tried to Overthrow a Country | Jacob Siegel | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTSearch teams find dozens of people and jet debris floating in the Java Sea, as the airline confirms the wreckage is from QZ8501.
The military commission this week was to focus on the alleged FBI infiltration of one of the defense teams.
Prosecutors Have No Idea When 9/11 Mastermind’s Trial Will Start | Tim Mak | December 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHence the SWAT teams and armored trucks surrounding his house.
Two minutes suffice for changing teams at the “Talbot,” and off that heir of the coaching age goes again.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. HarperBusy days it had in coaching times, and its inns were of the best, as befitted a place where the coaches stopped to change teams.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. HarperBut the teams were caught again, and the waggons brought them safely back to the sight of the port and the vintas.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanI was not less interested, however, with the curious teams we sometimes met, than I was with the scenery.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida Pfeiffer"There ain't any too many teams for hire around here," she acquiesced; and there was another silence.
Summer | Edith Wharton
British Dictionary definitions for team
/ (tiːm) /
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
(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
Origin of team
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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