Team People Tiːm Work Group I Noun Bre

• a football/baseball, etc. team
• a team event (= one played by groups of people rather than individual players)
• whose team are you in?
• whose team are you on?

team

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)
• Whose team are you in?
• 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.
• We have a team of eight working on product development.
3. two or more animals that are used together to pull a cart, etc.
• See related entries: Groups of animals
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/groups_of_animals/team
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 took one for the team.

Extra Examples

• Can you get a team together by Saturday?
• Cole has been selected for the team to meet Italy next week.
• He hopes to sign with an NFL team.
• He is looking to sign for a Conference League team.
• I signed up for the school basketball team.
• I’ll have you on the first team.
• I’m playing for the first team this week.
• It took a tremendous team effort to finish the project on time.
• Our team lost the final.
• She has recently joined our sales team.
• She’s in the team for the World Championships.
• Spain are fielding a three-man team in this race.
• The England manager has chosen his dream team for the World Cup.
• The charity sent a team to the area hit by the earthquake.
• The lads were given a rousing half-time team talk by the coach.
• The manager gives his team talks in English.
• The survival course was intended as a team building exercise.
• The team competes in a local league.
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries.
• The team will work closely with other government departments.
• There are 20 people in the team.
• There are six teams taking part.
• We have a great team chemistry.
• We’re learning to work together as a team.
• Willing volunteers formed teams of helpers to carry everything in.
• You and I make a good team.
• You didn’t make the team, I’m afraid.
• a crack team of lawyers
• a joint team of European and North American economists
• a member of the senior management team
• a parachute display team
• a specially trained team of advisers
• the Army Parachute Display Team
• the team that developed this microchip
• A team of experts has been called in to investigate.
• 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 failed to break into the first team.
• He is likely to be selected for the England cricket team to play South Africa.
• He thanked his legal team and his family for their support.
• He was part of a research team under Professor James.
• She was a senior member of the design team working on the project.
• They need to learn to work together as a team.
• They were chosen for their capabilities as team players as well as their business skills.
• We have a very strong management team.
• We want to encourage team sports in schools.
• What team do you support?

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’.