/ tiːm; NAmE / noun , verb
■ noun [ C +sing./pl. v . ]
1.
a group of people who play a particular game or sport against another group of people :
a football / baseball, etc. team
a team event (= one played by groups of people rather than individual players)
( BrE )
Whose team are you in?
( NAmE )
Whose team are you on?
The team is / are not playing very well this season.
2.
a group of people who work together at a particular job :
the sales team
a team leader / member
A team of experts has / have been called in to investigate.
3.
two or more animals that are used together to pull a cart , etc.
■ verb
[ vn ] [ usually passive ] to put two or more things or people together in order to do sth or to achieve a particular effect :
He was teamed with his brother in the doubles.
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PHRASAL VERBS
- team up (with sb)
- team sb/sth up (with sb)
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English tēam team of draught animals , of Germanic origin; related to German Zaum bridle, also tow , from an Indo-European root shared by Latin ducere to lead.