team
Americannoun
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teams
plural
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a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest.
a football team.
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a number of persons associated in some joint action.
a team of advisers.
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two or more horses, oxen, or other animals harnessed together to draw a vehicle, plow, or the like.
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one or more draft animals together with the harness and vehicle drawn.
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a family of young animals, especially ducks or pigs.
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Obsolete. offspring or progeny; lineage or stock.
verb (used with object)
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teams,
present (3rd person singular)
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teamed,
past participle, past
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teaming
present participle
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to join together in a team.
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Chiefly Northern U.S. Older Use. to convey or transport by means of a team; haul.
verb (used without object)
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teams,
present (3rd person singular)
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teamed,
past participle, past
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teaming
present participle
adjective
noun
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a group of people organized to work together
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a group of players forming one of the sides in a sporting contest
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two or more animals working together to pull a vehicle or agricultural implement
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such animals and the vehicle
the coachman riding his team
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dialect a flock, herd, or brood
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obsolete ancestry
verb
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to make or cause to make a team
he teamed George with Robert
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(tr) to drag or transport in or by a team
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(intr) to drive a team
Grammar
See collective noun.
Usage
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.
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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teamsimple
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teamssimple
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have teamedperfect
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has teamedperfect
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am teamingprogressive
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are teamingprogressive
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is teamingprogressive
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have been teamingperfect progressive
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has been teamingperfect progressive
Past
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teamedsimple
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had teamedperfect
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was teamingprogressive
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were teamingprogressive
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had been teamingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of team
First recorded 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
Explanation
If you're part of a frisbee team, you're part of a group of people who cooperate to throw a plastic disc around. It's neat. Two or more of people working together on a single task can be called a team, whether that's an informal team or a professional one. The two horses that pull your carriage are a team, and the guys you play soccer with on Saturday mornings are also a team. Team can also be a verb, meaning "to join forces." If you want to beautify your town, team up with local people to paint a mural for the community.
Vocabulary lists containing team
Example Sentences
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Both of these themes had dominated other popular strategies earlier in the year, as a chart produced by McElligott and his team showed.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
A week later, however, Ronaldo apologized to his teammates for walking out and expressed his desire to continue playing for the national team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Victim reports were made to forces across the country and the Met set up a dedicated team of officers to lead the investigation, which it called Operation Actinolite.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
His team focuses on inflammation, tissue repair, and regeneration, biological processes that also play important roles in cancer and numerous other diseases.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
Collin is a kid who skateboards at the park where the summer team practices.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
The recommendations also establish expectations for cooperation among laboratories, phage manufacturing facilities, pharmacies, and clinical teams.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
Her athleticism has been helpful to three JSerra sports teams and won’t be forgotten.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
"Our teams will work to recover and process the items so they can be returned to the postal network and delivered to customers."
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
The filmmakers constructed a massive set in Mumbai for the central story settings, while VFX teams worked there and in London and Vancouver.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
“We need to time ourselves, and make the teams fair,” I start to say, and then pause.
From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan
In Asia, it has teamed up with South Korea’s SK Group to build data centers.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
In 2013, Bourne and Willis teamed up with McFly to make McBusted, before Simpson rejoined Busted for a full reunion in 2015.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
In Xinjiang, McDonald’s teamed up with Jiang Hong, a local businessman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Bianna Golodryga teamed up with Israeli TV news anchor Yonit Levi to write ‘Don’t Feed the Lion.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
In 1954, the Russian-born physicist-turned-biologist George Gamow teamed with Watson to form a “club” of scientists to decipher the mechanism of protein synthesis.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Sohm is a longtime fan of Boyer’s music, and in 2023 he reached out to the composer about teaming up for the country’s 250th.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
She has since attempted to rebuild her brand, starring in her own reality television show, expanding her food products and teaming up with rapper and friend Snoop Dogg for a television series.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Now known as SpaceXAI, the division announced last year that it was teaming up with Humain to build a 500-megawatt data center in Saudi Arabia.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
In loyalty news, Hyatt and Delta are teaming up, replacing Hyatt’s longtime deal with American.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The two women found themselves teaming up to try to keep Mandela out of trouble.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
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