team
135
3.8
- noun
- /tiːm/
- Archaic
:
yunta
- Initially, plows with teams of six or eight oxen were used to open new land.
- a team of horses
- a team of mules
- dog sled team
Examples
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Is that our whole excavation team?
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If you have a wagon and team, I will order it brought around for her.
Fiction book (1994) -
We were the first team and went into the tent near the gate.
Academic text (2008) -
She's also a part of our team.
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If you choose not to play on the team, you can't afford mistakes.
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But he flicked his whip over the team and got them moving, which was what mattered.
Fiction book (1992) -
Rick's team prepared it.
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Central Advising consists of satellite advising centers staffed by a team of professional academic advisors.
Academic text (2008) -
Travis bundled them all in the large sleigh, pulled by Mitch's team of matched black geldings.
Fiction book (1996) -
The farmer used a team of horses to plow the field efficiently.
Idioms
To do small kind things that make a team feel happy and work well together
Compounds
150
1.0
A group of players who play football together, like soccer or American football
- Jargon
1
3.6
A group of people from different parts of a company who work together on one project
A group of police officers with special training and weapons who handle very dangerous situations like armed suspects or hostages
A temporary team of experts from different parts of a company who solve an urgent problem quickly
Surface Forms
Etymology
Team was also used long ago for animals hitched together, like horses or oxen, because they worked as one unit to pull a cart or plow. That's why we still say a team of horses when animals work together to pull something.