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team

noun · verb

Simple meaning

Any group of people involved in the same activity.

Pronunciation

Say it like this:

teem
US device voice
IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈtim

This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

noun

  1. Any group of people involved in the same activity, especially sports or work.

  2. Two or more draft animals that work together to pull something

  3. A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.

  4. A group of people who favor one side of a binary debate that is divided and lacks a well-established clear consensus.

verb

  1. intransitive

    To form a group, as for sports or work.

  2. intransitiveby extension

    To go together well; to harmonize.

  3. transitive

    To give work to a gang under a subcontractor.

  4. transitive

    To form together into a team.

    “We teamed up for this new project.”

  5. transitive

    To convey or haul with a team.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
A1 · Beginner (estimated)
Frequency
Very Common
Typical Use
General English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: Any group of people involved in the same activity, especially sports or work.

Used this way, team is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a sporting use: familiar to anyone who follows the game, and puzzling to anyone who does not.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

Where it naturally appears

  • Sports
  • News/reporting
  • Everyday conversation

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Common Patterns and Combinations

How this word naturally appears with others.

Any group

research teamteam member

Together

football teambaseball team

Other combinations

team leaderbasketball teammanagement teamproject team

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Word Family

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Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • team teachingnounCompound term

    A method of coordinated classroom teaching involving a team of teachers working together with a single group of students.

  • team upverbCompound term

    Form a team.

  • team sportnounCompound term

    A sport that involves competition between teams of players.

  • team spiritnounCompound term

    The spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed.

  • major-league teamnounCompound term

    A team that plays in a major league.

  • minor-league teamnounCompound term

    A team that plays in a minor league.

Related words

Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.

  • teamworknounRelated term

    Cooperative work done by a team (especially when it is effective).

  • teammatenounRelated term

    A fellow member of a team.

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