Team People Tiːm Play Played Group Work Noun

• a football/basketball/soccer team
• they play volleyball for the national team.
• we played against a team from the neighbouring school.
• whose team are you in?

team

1. a group of people who play a particular game or sport against another group of people
• SEE ALSO A-team
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/a-team
• a football/basketball/soccer team
• They play volleyball for the national team.
• We played against a team from the neighbouring school.
• Whose team are you in?
• Whose team are you on?
• The team is/are not playing very well this season.
• a team event (= one played by groups of people rather than individual players)

Extra Examples

• Cole has been selected for the team to meet Italy next week.
• I'm playing for the first team this week.
• Our team lost the final.
• The team competes in a local league.
• Can you get a team together by Saturday?
• He hopes to sign with an NFL team.
• She's in the team for the World Championships.
• Spain are fielding a three-man team in this race.
• There are six teams taking part.
• You didn't make the team, I'm afraid.
• After two years out with injury, he's back on the team.
• Giles led his team to a first Test victory for 10 years.
• He is likely to be selected for the England cricket team to play South Africa.
• We want to encourage team sports in schools.
• What team do you support?
• The lads were given a rousing half-time team talk by the coach.
• We have a great team chemistry.
• The manager gives his team talks in English.
2. a group of people who work together at a particular job
• SEE ALSO crash team
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/crash-team
• a team member/leader
• a member of the senior management team
• She leads a research team of twenty scientists.
• He joined the legal team five years ago.
• A team of experts has/have been called in to investigate.
• He works with a team of researchers.
• She was part of the design team working on the project.
• We're learning to work together as a team.
• We have a team of eight working on product development.
• The charity sent a team to the area hit by the earthquake.
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries.
• It took a tremendous team effort to finish the project on time.
• The team will work closely with other government departments.
• There are 20 people in the team.
• Willing volunteers formed teams of helpers to carry everything in.
• You and I make a good team.
• a crack team of lawyers
• a joint team of European and North American economists
• a specially trained team of advisers
• a member of the senior management team
• the Army Parachute Display Team
• He thanked his legal team and his family for their support.
• He was part of a research team under Professor James.
3. two or more animals that are used together to pull a cart, etc.
4. to give up something that is important to you or to do something that is unpleasant in order to benefit your friends or colleagues
• Sometimes you have to take one for the team.
• I know it sounds unfair, but we need you to take one for the team.

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’.