English Explanatory Dictionary

team

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.
  2. Any group of people involved in the same activity, especially sports or work.
  3. A group of animals moving together, especially young ducks.
  4. A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances thereto.
  5. A group of people who favor one side of a binary debate that is divided and lacks a well-established clear consensus.
verb
  1. To form a group, as for sports or work.
  2. To go together well; to harmonize.
  3. To convey or haul with a team.
  4. To form together into a team.
  5. To give work to a gang under a subcontractor.
intj
  1. Used to propose that another player team up with the speaker.
verb
  1. Misspelling of teem.
name
  1. A river in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, which flows into the River Tyne. It has other names further upstream in County Durham.

Pronunciation

/tiːm/ en-us-team.ogg

Word forms

team teams teaming teamed

Etymology

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”), Norwegian tømme (“bridle, rein”), Swedish töm (“leash, rein”). More at teem, tie, tow.

Synonyms

team up

Derived words

A team away team bat for the other team blue team B team bubble team Cinderella team country team crack team crash team crisis response team cyberteam dog team don't change a winning team double team dream team expansion team factory team farm team fireteam first team foreteam go team go-team home team interteam intrateam joint investigation team kill team love team loveteam Meal Team Six megateam multidisciplinary team multiteam muncorn team national sports team nonteam oxteam production team purple team quick response team rapid response team red team reserve team reteam sales team satellite team scout team scratch team second team special team spike team street team strike team subteam superteam tag-team tag team take one for the team
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