team
team Lexical Profile
team Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A group of players forming one side in a competitive game or sport.
"The local basketball team practiced every evening to prepare for the championship."
Two or more people working together to achieve a common goal or complete a specific task.
"A team of researchers from the university published a groundbreaking study on renewable energy."
Two or more draft animals, such as horses or oxen, harnessed to the same vehicle or plow.
"The farmer guided his team of horses across the vast, muddy field."
• verb
To come together as a group in order to collaborate or achieve a shared goal (often used with 'up').
"The two independent studios decided to team up to develop the highly anticipated software."
To harness two or more draft animals together to draw a vehicle or agricultural implement.
"He teamed the strongest oxen together to pull the heavy wagon out of the ditch."
Word Nuance & Usage
As a collective noun, 'team' typically takes a singular verb in American English (e.g., 'the team is winning') but frequently takes a plural verb in British English (e.g., 'the team are winning') to emphasize the individual members.
• Rhymes for team
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'tēam' meaning 'descendant, family, brood' and later 'a set of draft animals', originating from the Proto-Germanic root '*taugmaz' meaning 'to draw or pull'.
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