teamnoun [ C, + sing/pl verb ]
uk/tiːm/us/tiːm/A2 a number of people or animals who do something together as a group:
a basketball/hockey/netball team
a team of investigators
Team GB (= the athletes representing Great Britain in a sport)
used in a number of phrases that refer to people working together as a group in order to achieve something:
It was a real team effort - everyone contributed something to the success of the project.
also Team used to refer to a group of people who support a particular person or a particular point of view:
In this discussion, we're on Team Marisa.
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- Our team came third in the competition.
- She's part of a team of scientists who are engaged on cancer research.
- They are keen followers of their local football team.
- Rescue teams searched among the wreckage for survivors.
- John is captain of the cricket team this year.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal groupings
- bevy
- biomass
- brood
- colony
- covey
- drove
- eusocial
- flight
- flock
- gaggle
- herd
- hive
- menagerie
- pack
- pair
- pod
- pride
- shoal
- stable
- swarm
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Groups of people
Competitors & participants in sports & games
teamverb [ I ]
uk/tiːm/us/tiːm/to act together to achieve something:
Lang teamed with Draper to develop the vaccine.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Acting, being or existing together
- accompanying
- accord
- allied
- ally
- along
- alongside
- as one man idiom
- bosom
- en masse
- formation
- gang
- gang up
- hand in glove idiom
- partnership
- put sth together
- put their heads together idiom
- stand together
- swarm
- tandem
- unity
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Phrasal verb(s)
team up