A-team Definition

ātēm
noun
A subunit of the Special Forces, usually consisting of 12 soldiers.
American Heritage
A group consisting of the best members of a larger group; an elite group.
An A-team of foreign-policy advisers.
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Alternative form of A team.
Wiktionary

(sports) The best of a set of teams in a single club.

The A team are playing away this Saturday.
Wiktionary

(informal) The group or team which performs its work most effectively; a very good team.

It looks like the A team are on duty tonight - I've never seen the hall cleared so quickly!
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Other Word Forms of A-team

Noun

Singular:
A-team
Plural:
a-teams

Origin of A-team

  • Informal name for A-detachment a first in a series detachment

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

A-team Sentence Examples

  • I'll send a team to help you.

  • We'll make a hell of a team.

  • I'll send a team after you, he said quickly.

  • The existence of a team of prosecuting lawyers based permanently at each unit has reduced the paper trail between The CPS and the Police.

  • Their world was far from perfect, but they were handling it together, as a team.

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