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team definition

team (tēm)

noun

    1. Obsolete progeny, race, or lineage
    2. Dialectal a brood of young animals, esp. of ducks or pigs
  2. two or more horses, oxen, etc. harnessed to the same vehicle or plow
    1. two or more draft animals and their vehicle
    2. one draft animal and its vehicle
    1. a group of people constituting one side in a contest or competition
    2. a group of people working together in a coordinated effort

Etymology: ME < OE, offspring, brood, team of draft animals (akin to Ger zaum, bridle, rein) < base of tēon, to draw < IE base *deuk-, to pull > duct

transitive verb

    1. to harness or yoke together in a team
    2. to join together in a cooperative activity
  2. to haul with a team

intransitive verb

  1. to drive a team
  2. ☆ to join in cooperative activity: often with up to team up on a research project

adjective

of or done by a team

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team Synonyms

team

n.

  1. People working together, especially on the stage

    partners, combination troupe, company, duo, trio, foursome, sextette, scream-mates*, love team*, heart team*, dream team*; see also organization 3.

  2. An organization, especially in sport

    contingent, aggregation, outfit, unit, crew, side, club; see also organization 3.

  3. Draft animals

    rig, four-in-hand, pair, span, tandem, cart horses, string, matched team.


team

v.

pull, couple, haul; see draw.


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team Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • volunteer: This means that we need a team of volunteers to give them a good quick coat of paint.

Converse of object

  • join: She has joined the Cygnus team to help Regina with customer care.

Adjective modifier

  • dedicated: Our dedicated teams have been trained to deal with any eventuality.

Modifies a noun

  • mate: I joined with my team mates and worked until after 8. We didn't even get any mints for our efforts.

Noun used with modifier

  • football: Maybe now Real Madrid can become a football team once more.
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team quotes

Cricket is a game of the most terrifying stresses with more luck about it than any other game I know. They call it a team game, but in fact it is the loneliest game of all.

-Aristotle

  It's all changed now, which is why it mattered to those young men from Liverpool that they should be there to support their team.What other group isgoing to troop their colours for them, present them with scarves and emblems?

-Bainbridge, Dame Beryl Margaret

Some time, Rock, when the team's up against it, when things are wrong and the breaks are beating the boys^tell themtogo intherewith all they'vegot and win just one for the Gipper.

-Gipp, George

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