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.

Words nearby team

teak, teakettle, teakwood, teal, teale's amputation, team, team foul, team handball, team player, team spirit, team up with

Origin of team

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

SYNONYMS FOR team

10 combine, unite, ally, merge.

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OTHER WORDS FROM team

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

usage note for team

See collective noun.

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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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team

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British Dictionary definitions for team up

noun (sometimes functioning as plural)

verb

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