team

[ teem ]

/ tim /

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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)

to drive a team.

to gather or join in a team, a band, or a cooperative effort (usually followed by up, together, etc.).

adjective

of, relating to, or performed by a team: a team sport; team effort.

OTHER WORDS FOR team

10 combine, unite, ally, merge.

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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

grammar notes for team

See collective noun.

OTHER WORDS FROM team

in·ter·team, adjectiveun·der·teamed, adjectiveun·teamed, adjective

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How to use team in a sentence

But if Democrats are faced with the reality of a glut of qualified candidates, Republicans are assembling more of a fantasy team.
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“I think for trans men who are dating every time they hook up they have another coming out,” Sandler said.
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In that photo, Merabet has a big smile that spreads across his whole face and lights up his eyes.
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Weeks retained an unparalleled legal team, which included bitter political rivals Hamilton and Burr.
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We won't find out this season, though it comes up occasionally.
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What need to look to right or left when you are swallowing up free mile after mile of dizzying road?
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Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.
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Some weeks after, the creditor chanced to be in Boston, and in walking up Tremont street, encountered his enterprising friend.
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In less than ten minutes, the bivouac was broken up, and our little army on the march.
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The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
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British Dictionary definitions for team

team

/ (tiːm) /

noun (sometimes functioning as plural)

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 vehiclethe coachman riding his team

dialect a flock, herd, or brood

obsolete ancestry

verb

(when intr, often foll by up) to make or cause to make a teamhe 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

Word Origin for team

Old English team offspring; related to Old Frisian tām bridle, Old Norse taumr chain yoking animals together, Old High German zoum bridle

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