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Meaning of team in English teamnoun [ C, + sing/pl verb ] uk /tiːm/ us /tiːm/ Add to word list Add to word list A2 a number of people or animals who do something together as a group: a basketball/hockey/netball team a team of investigators Team GB (= the athletes representing Great Britain in a sport) used in a number of phrases that refer to people working together as a group in order to achieve something: It was a real team effort - everyone contributed something to the success of the project. (also Team) used to refer to a group of people who support a particular person or a particular point of view: In this discussion, we're on Team Marisa.
  • Our team came third in the competition.
  • She's part of a team of scientists who are engaged on cancer research.
  • They are keen followers of their local football team.
  • Rescue teams searched among the wreckage for survivors.
  • John is captain of the cricket team this year.
Animal groupings
  • bevy
  • brood
  • colony
  • colony collapse
  • colony collapse disorder
  • family of something
  • flight
  • flock
  • gaggle
  • herd
  • menagerie
  • pair
  • pod
  • pride
  • shoal
  • skein
  • stable
  • stud
  • subcolony
  • swarm
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Groups of people Competitors & participants in sports & games Supporters, members & defenders

Idiom

take one for the team teamverb [ I ] uk /tiːm/ us /tiːm/ to act together to achieve something: Lang teamed with Draper to develop the vaccine. Acting, being or existing together
  • accompanying
  • aggregately
  • allied
  • along
  • alongside
  • distributively
  • double act
  • en bloc
  • en masse
  • epiphenomenal
  • inseparable
  • it takes two to tango idiom
  • join in (something) phrasal verb
  • join someone for something
  • jointly
  • therewith
  • together
  • tow
  • twin
  • two-way
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Phrasal verb

team up (Definition of team from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

team | American Dictionary

teamnoun [ C ] us /tim/ Add to word list Add to word list a number of people who act together as a group, either in a sport or in order to achieve something: a baseball/basketball/football team the legal/medical team My favorite team is the New York Giants. A team is also two or more horses or other animals working together to pull a load: a team of oxen teamverb [ I ] us /tim/ to act together to achieve something: Lang teamed with Draper to develop the vaccine. Williamson and Erving teamed to give the Nets another championship.

Phrasal verb

team up (Definition of team from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

team | Business English

teamnoun [ C ] uk /tiːm/ us Add to word list Add to word list HR, WORKPLACE a group of people who work together on a particular activity, project, etc.: When I came back from holiday we had a new team in charge.head/lead/manage a team She led a team developing a new marketing initiative. Every member of the team has an important contribution to make. the management/finance/marketing team We need to consult our legal team on this. a team of lawyers/sales people/experts a number of sports players who play together under a particular name: a football/baseball/basketball team Her ambition was to play for her national team. work as a team to work together in order to achieve a shared aim, rather than trying to achieve things just for yourself or working against others: Working as a team will enable us to achieve things we never could alone. teamverb [ I ]   HR, WORKPLACE uk /tiːm/ us (also team up) to get together with another person, group, or organization to do a job: team (up) with sb Some small community hospitals are looking to team up with bigger health care providers.team (up) with sb to do sth The shop is teaming with high-end manufacturers to offer exclusive products to its customers.team up to do sth The two companies have teamed up to provide a new class of multimedia services. (Definition of team from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of team

team It is readily usable, for example in team meetings or for planning teaching. From the Cambridge English Corpus Consider another case involving a soccer team with infinitely many players. From the Cambridge English Corpus The assessment of workload and team effectiveness is reported elsewhere. From the Cambridge English Corpus Nevertheless, teaching team building and communication skills requires an opportunity to practice these skills in vivo in the educational setting. From the Cambridge English Corpus The individual agents then present their suggestions along with their projected values to the team. From the Cambridge English Corpus Team leaders used confidence data to prioritize tasks in light of changing requirements. From the Cambridge English Corpus With programmable control, the prosthetic team can create virtually any control scheme that suits a person's unique abilities. From the Cambridge English Corpus Typically, it would have been a year when the management team would have had generous bonus payouts. From the Cambridge English Corpus The e-mail questionnaire was intended to provide the research team with baseline information and as a source for preparing individual-tailored semistructured interviews. From the Cambridge English Corpus Additional recommendations were often made about training, multidisciplinary teams, contribution to registries, and research, but these were not the focus of the present study. From the Cambridge English Corpus The transplant team directs the care of its patients regardless of the unit to which they are admitted. From the Cambridge English Corpus Where face-to-face attendance at team meetings is difficult, access to alternative ways of communicating with other team members will be found. From the Cambridge English Corpus T he team design goal directs the team design activity. From the Cambridge English Corpus The care of women allocated to the routine primary care group was left to the discretion of their primary care teams. From the Cambridge English Corpus However, we simply do not know why not all teams were able to complete all the evaluation phases. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of team These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

Collocations with team

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all-conference teamIn his junior year, he was named to the second-team all-conference team after rushing for 998 yards and leading his team in touchdowns with 17. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. all-star teamNeither made the all-star team. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. all-state teamHe also led the basketball team to a state title in 2008 as a point guard and was named to the all-state team. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with team What is the pronunciation of team?

Translations of team

in Chinese (Traditional) 隊，組，班, （用於一些片語中）集體合作, 支持某人或某觀點的一群人… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 队，组，班, （用于一些短语中）集体合作, 支持某人或某观点的一群人… See more in Spanish equipo, parte, partidarios… See more in Portuguese equipe, time [masculine], equipe [feminine]… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian चमू, गट / काही लोक अथवा प्राणी जे गट म्हणून काही एकत्र करतात.… See more （スポーツの）チーム, （仕事の）チーム, 班… See more takım, ekip, tim… See more équipe [feminine], équipe, attelage… See more equip… See more ploeg, span… See more ஒரு குழுவாக ஒன்றாக ஏதாவது செய்யும் பல மக்கள் அல்லது விலங்குகள்… See more (व्यक्तियों या पशुओं की) टीम… See more ટુકડી, જુથ… See more hold, -hold, team… See more lag, team, par… See more pasukan, kumpulan, kawanan… See more die Mannschaft, das Team, das Gespann… See more lag [neuter], team [neuter], gruppe [masculine-feminine]… See more ٹیم… See more спортивна команда, бригада, запряг… See more జట్టు… See more দল, গোষ্ঠী, অনেক মানুষ বা প্রাণী যারা একটি গ্রুপ হিসাবে একসাথে কিছু করে… See more tým, potah… See more tim, pasangan… See more กลุ่มคนทำงานหรือเล่นกีฬาในกลุ่มเดียวกัน, คณะทำงาน, สัตว์ตั้งแต่สองตัวขึ้นไปที่ใช้ในการลากยานพาหนะ… See more đội, nhóm, tổ… See more drużyna, zespół, grupa… See more (스포츠나 게임의) 팀, (일을 함께 하는) 팀… See more squadra, équipe, gruppo… See more Need a translator?

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More meanings of team

  • team player
  • team spirit
  • red team
  • tag team
  • tag-team
  • blue team
  • dive team
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  • team up phrasal verb
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  • scratch team/side/orchestra phrase
  • take one for the team idiom
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