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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024team /tim/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a group of people forming a side in a game or contest:a basketball team; a debating team.
- a group of people assembled for an action or activity:A team of experts visited the site of the crash.
- Agriculturetwo or more horses or other animals harnessed together to draw a vehicle, plow, etc.
v. - to join together in a team: [~ + object (+ together/up)]He teamed them (together) on the project.[no object]The two teamed up to work on the new budget.
adj. [before a noun] - relating to or performed by a team:a team effort.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024team (tēm),USA pronunciation n. - 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.
- Agriculturetwo 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.
- Agriculturea family of young animals, esp. ducks or pigs.
- [Obs.]offspring or progeny;
race or lineage. v.t. - to join together in a team.
- Dialect Terms[Chiefly Northern U.S. Older Use.]to convey or transport by means of a team;
haul. v.i. - to drive a team.
- to gather or join in a team, a band, or a cooperative effort (usually fol. by up, together, etc.).
adj. - of, pertaining to, or performed by a team:a team sport; team effort.
- bef. 900; Middle English teme (noun, nominal), Old English tēam child-bearing, brood, offspring, set of draft beasts; cognate with Dutch toom bridle, reins, German Zaum, Old Norse taumr
- 10.See corresponding entry in Unabridged combine, unite, ally, merge.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: team /tiːm/ n (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 vehicle
vb - when intr, often followed by up: to make or cause to make a team
- (transitive) US Canadian to drag or transport in or by a team
- (intransitive) US Canadian to drive a team
Etymology: Old English team offspring; related to Old Frisian tām bridle, Old Norse taumr chain yoking animals together, Old High German zoum bridle |