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
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.
Crover’s robot swims in grain silos to monitor environmental conditions | Brian Heater | September 17, 2020 | TechCrunchThe team who won the league is the team who won the final game.
Christian Puglisi Is Closing His Influential Copenhagen Restaurants. COVID Is Only Partly to Blame | Rafael Tonon | September 17, 2020 | EaterThe team took the frog and beetle duo into a lab setting to observe them more closely.
This scientist thought he’d found the source of all sexual energy | PopSci Staff | September 17, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThe 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.
When It Comes To Playoff Disappointment, The Clippers Are In A League Of Their Own | Chris Herring (chris.herring@fivethirtyeight.com) | September 16, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightOn weekends, the team would run up and down stairs along the city’s River Valley area.
A Canadian Teenager Is One Of The Fastest Soccer Players In The World | Julian McKenzie | September 16, 2020 | FiveThirtyEight
But if Democrats are faced with the reality of a glut of qualified candidates, Republicans are assembling more of a fantasy team.
The Golden State Preps for the ‘Red Wedding’ of Senate Races | David Freedlander | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTWeeks retained an unparalleled legal team, which included bitter political rivals Hamilton and Burr.
New York’s Most Tragic Ghost Loves Minimalist Swedish Fashion | Nina Strochlic | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTBut I think Steve Austin has to team up with a Japanese holdout to stop a nuclear bomb from going off or something.
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS | Marlow Stern | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe following page details a tribute gag the Simpsons team inserted into the background of a scene.
Here’s the Lost Judd Apatow ‘Simpsons’ Episode, Penned by Judd Apatow | Asawin Suebsaeng | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAlpha team was killed, Faal told the FBI, while the Bravo members who were not gunned down fled.
The Shadowy U.S. Veteran Who Tried to Overthrow a Country | Jacob Siegel | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAccordingly, she had the boys to hitch a team to a buggy and took him driving over the great estate.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxWell, 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.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairYou had better go to him, Dolly, and bid him good bye, before he takes the team to the field.
The World Before Them | Susanna MoodieAnd the team moved on, and poor Dolly, more ashamed of her errand than ever, went into the house.
The World Before Them | Susanna MoodieThey booked their places and paid their money, and were proud to sit behind their friend with such a splendid team.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. Harper
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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