team

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A group of people who play a sport or game together against others.

   Our school football team won the match on Saturday.

2. 2
   noun

   A group of people who work together on the same activity or job.

   We need more people on the team to finish the project.

3. 3
   verb

   To join with others to do something together.

   The two companies teamed up to build the new bridge.

Common collocations

• join a team Verb + noun
• local team Adjective + noun
• national team Adjective + noun
• winning team Adjective + noun
• professional team Adjective + noun
• build a team Verb + noun
• lead a team Verb + noun
• manage a team Verb + noun

From Middle English tem, teem, teme, from Old English tēam (“child-bearing, offspring, brood, set of draught animals”), from Proto-West Germanic *taum, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz (“that which draws or pulls”), from Proto-Germanic *taugijaną, *tugōną, *teuhōną, *teuhaną (“to lead, bring, pull, draw”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull, lead”). Cognate with Scots team, teem (“a chain, harness”), Saterland Frisian Toom (“bridle; breeding”), West Frisian team (“bridle, team”), Dutch toom (“bridle, reins, flock of birds”), German Low German Toom (“bridle”), German Zaum (“bridle”), Norwegia…

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