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.

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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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usage note for team

See collective noun.

OTHER WORDS FROM team

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

Words nearby team

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

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Example sentences from the Web for teaming

Yet Paul has consistently entertained the notion of teaming up with Assad.
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As they started The Line, Robert and Michelle had no hesitation about teaming up.
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He had taken a house near the Methodist church and gone into the business of teaming.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
What must a terrific thunderstorm mean to that teaming mass of humanity?
The Magic Curtain|Roy J. Snell
He had been teaming in the nearby woods, and the blacksnake whip was in his hands.
Rolf In The Woods|Ernest Thompson Seton
Ploughing, teaming, and drawing produce to market, and going up and down hills.
Beautiful Joe|Marshall Saunders
On arriving in Ohio, he first obtained employment at chopping wood and teaming, in Lorain county.
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British Dictionary definitions for teaming

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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