team

Meaning

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. (obsolete) A group of animals moving together, especially young ducks.
4. (UK, obsolete) 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. (intransitive) To form a group, as for sports or work.
2. (broadly, intransitive) To go together well; to harmonize.
3. (transitive) To convey or haul with a team.
4. (transitive) To form together into a team.
5. (transitive) To give work to a gang under a subcontractor.

Intj

Used to propose that another player team up with the speaker.

Verb

Misspelling of teem.

Synonyms

group

crew

squad

band

unit

detachment

company

set

party

🥳

gang

collection

shift

collective

force

staff

bunch

cluster

troop

side

crowd

personnel

assembly

body

flock

family

👪

staff member

circle

⭕

workforce

workshop

class

train

🚋

troupe

swarm

army

team up

session

common

section

brigade

platoon

pack

pull

group of workers

collaborate

haul

series

herd

clamour

bike

🚲

chowder

Translations

équipe

equipo

Mannschaft

squadra

equipe

team

Team

ομάδα

groupe

ploeg

destacamento

gruppo

grupo

Gruppe

equip

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tiːm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: tem

Inherited from Old English: tēam

Cognate with Scots: team

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Toom

Cognate with Western Frisian: team

Cognate with Dutch: toom

Cognate with German: Zaum

Cognate with Norwegian: tømme

Cognate with Swedish: töm

In summary

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.

Sentences

Roger , the backup team is on the way .

This win influenced girls to want to play soccer on a team .

This combination of colours are traditional for the national team since their first game .

Kerr worked on limited resources to create team capable of challenging the best .

A football player , he was a starter on Wyoming's Sugar Bowl team .

The S . W . A . T . entry team used an optical wand to observe the proceedings behind the door .