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to gel

to gel

6 4.1
To begin to work well together as a group
  • verb
  • /dʒɛl/
translation icon : consolidarse
  • You knew we'd gel eventually, didn't you?
  • begin to gel
  • gel together
  • gel as a team

How do how do you make these people gel together and form a team?

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Examples

  • How do how do you make these people gel together and form a team?

    The Diary Of A CEO

  • One of the biggest reasons this team has been able to gel and make those plays so fast this season?

    Blog text (19)

  • You guys gel along so well.

    Home Again (2017)

  • I feel like we all gel and we all get along well.

    Blog text (19)

  • New players take time to gel, regardless of how good they are.

    Blog text (11)

  • But a few weeks ago, things really started to gel together, and I thought I had it all figured out.

    Blog text (1)

  • "On offense, it's 11 guys who have to gel to make a play," Newton said.

    Blog text (11)

  • Well, like an O-line, it can take time for a basketball team to gel together.

    Blog text (26)

  • But even so, it takes an O-line a couple of years to gel as a unit and hit its stride.

    Blog text (26)

  • The new manager helped the team to gel and improve their communication.

Synonyms

to pull together
vsto gel
50 3.4

Gather people or things and organize them to reach a goal

is about starting to work well together rather than organizing for a goal
to coalesce
vsto gel
15 7.4

Come together to form one group or whole

is about starting to work well together rather than just joining
to knit together
vsto gel
2 3.9

Make people or groups work closely together as one

is about starting to work effectively together rather than actively uniting parts
to synergize
vsto gel
2 6.7

To work together with others to get better results than alone

is about beginning to work together rather than enhancing combined effect
to cohere into
vsto gel
1 6.1

To come together and form one clear, organized whole

is about beginning to work effectively together rather than formal arrangement

Antonyms

to fall apart
155 2.8

To break into pieces or stop working properly

to disband
43 4.3

To stop being a group, for example a band or committee

Compounds

hair gel
9 1.0

A thick sticky product that styles and holds hair

silica gel
  • Specialized
1 5.8

A dry material of small grains that soaks up moisture from things like shoes

colloidal gel
  • Specialized
6.9

A soft, jelly-like substance with tiny particles mixed in that trap liquid

How Cohesive

to cohere
3 6.2
to mesh
23 4.1
to gel
6 4.1

Surface Forms

gel infinitive
gelled past
gelled past participle
gelling present participle
gels third person singular

Etymology

To gel meaning 'to come together' is a picture of things 'setting' and becoming firm, from the same root as gelatin. So when a team or plan gels it becomes steady and works well together.