Meaning of team In English

• 0 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)

  • It was a real team effort - everyone contributed something to the success of the project.

  • In this discussion, we're on Team Marisa.

• 1 to act together to achieve something:

  • Lang teamed with Draper to develop the vaccine.

• 2 a number of people who act together as a group, either in a sport or in order to achieve something:

  • a baseball/basketball/football team

  • the legal/medical team

  • My favorite team is the New York Giants.

  • a team of oxen

• 3 to act together to achieve something:

  • Lang teamed with Draper to develop the vaccine.

  • Williamson and Erving teamed to give the Nets another championship.

• 4 a group of people who work together on a particular activity, project, etc.:

  • When I came back from holiday we had a new team in charge.

  • head/lead/manage a team She led a team developing a new marketing initiative.

  • Every member of the team has an important contribution to make.

  • the management/finance/marketing team

  • We need to consult our legal team on this.

  • a team of lawyers/sales people/experts

• 5 a number of sports players who play together under a particular name:

  • a football/baseball/basketball team

  • Her ambition was to play for her national team.

• 6 to work together in order to achieve a shared aim, rather than trying to achieve things just for yourself or working against others:

  • Working as a team will enable us to achieve things we never could alone.

• 7 to get together with another person, group, or organization to do a job:

  • team (up) with sb Some small community hospitals are looking to team up with bigger health care providers.

  • team (up) with sb to do sth The shop is teaming with high-end manufacturers to offer exclusive products to its customers.

  • team up to do sth The two companies have teamed up to provide a new class of multimedia services.