TEAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does team mean? 

• TEAM (noun)
  The noun TEAM has 2 senses:

1. a cooperative unit (especially in sports)

2. two or more draft animals that work together to pull something

  Familiarity information: TEAM used as a noun is rare.

• TEAM (verb)
  The verb TEAM has 1 sense:

1. form a team

  Familiarity information: TEAM used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cooperative unit (especially in sports)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

squad; team

Hypernyms ("team" is a kind of...):

social unit; unit (an organization regarded as part of a larger social group)

Meronyms (parts of "team"):

bench (the reserve players on a team)

Meronyms (members of "team"):

stringer (a member of a squad on a team)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "team"):

junior varsity; JV (a college or university team that competes at a level below the varsity team)

crew (the team of men manning a racing shell)

little-league team (a team that plays in a little league)

section (a small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon)

hit squad (a team of assassins)

defence; defending team; defense ((sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring)

offence; offense (the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score)

powerhouse (a team considered to be the best of its class)

police squad; squad (a small squad of policemen trained to deal with a particular kind of crime)

second string (a squad of players that are available either individually or as a team to relieve or replace the players who started the game)

first team; varsity (a team representing a college or university)

hockey team (a team that plays ice hockey)

eleven; football team (a team that plays football)

basketball team; five (a team that plays basketball)

baseball team (a team that plays baseball)

minor-league club; minor-league team (a team that plays in a minor league)

major-league club; major-league team (a team that plays in a major league)

flying squad (a mobile group of trained people (police or executives or officials) able to move quickly in the case of emergencies)

battery (a unit composed of the pitcher and catcher)

A-team (a group of elite soldiers or a leadership group of advisors or workers in an organization)

Derivation:

team (form a team)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Two or more draft animals that work together to pull something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("team" is a kind of...):

animal group (a group of animals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "team"):

relay (a fresh team to relieve weary draft animals)

Derivation:

teamster (the driver of a team of horses doing hauling)

• TEAM (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they team    ... he / she / it teams   
Past simple: teamed   
Past participle: teamed   
-ing form: teaming   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Form a team

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

team; team up

Context example:

We teamed up for this new project

Hypernyms (to "team" is one way to...):

aggroup; group (form a group or group together)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

team (a cooperative unit (especially in sports))

 Context examples 

You can help prevent medical errors by being an active member of your health care team.

(Patient Safety, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

Raa! when they came to a narrow passage and the team closed together like a fan to go through.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

“What’s that?” cried the driver, pulling up his team.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Having a top team of distinguished doctors was another plus, because they cared so much for her.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The Institute is a translational cancer center, taking a team approach to cancer.

(NYU Cancer Institute, NCI Thesaurus)

If a trial is conducted by a team of individuals at the trial site, the investigator is the responsible leader of the team and may be called the principle investigator.

(Investigator, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A team of health care professionals and volunteers provides it.

(Hospice Care, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

Once you are pregnant, you may need a health care team to monitor your pregnancy.

(Health Problems in Pregnancy, NIH)

A study in which neither the subject nor the investigator nor the research team interacting with the subject or data during the trial knows what treatment a subject is receiving.

(Double Blind Study, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

It involves close, constant attention by a team of specially-trained health care providers.

(Critical Care, NIH)