A1verb · transitive · frequent

team

team · teams · teamed · teaming

To form a group, as for sports or workTo form a group, as for sports or work.

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/ˈtiːm/

» Our team is five points ahead.

Unser Team liegt um fünf Punkte vorn.

Наша команда на пять очков впереди.

Наша команда попереду на п'ять очок.

Meaning

5 senses

(intransitive)To form a group, as for sports or work.
They teamed to complete the project.
form a team
(broadly, intransitive)To go together well; to harmonize.
(transitive)To convey or haul with a team.
to team lumber
(transitive)To form together into a team.
to team oxen
(transitive)To give work to a gang under a subcontractor.

Examples

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Our team is five points ahead.
Наша команда попереду на п'ять очок.
ruНаша команда на пять очков впереди.
deUnser Team liegt um fünf Punkte vorn.
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Our team won their match yesterday.
Наша команда виграла вчора гру.
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Our baseball team is very strong.
Наша бейсбольна команда дуже сильна.
ruНаша бейсбольная команда очень сильна.
deUnsere Baseballmannschaft ist sehr stark.
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He belongs to our tennis team.
Він належить до нашої команди по тенісу.
ruОн – часть нашей теннисной команды.
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I like being on the team.
Мені подобається бути в команді.
ruМне нравится быть в команде.
deIch bin gerne in der Mannschaft.
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Origin

From Middle English tem, teem, teme, from Old English tēam (“child-bearing, offspring, bro

From Middle English tem, teem, teme, from Old English tēam (“child-bearing, offspring, brood, set of draught animals”), from Proto-West Germanic *taum, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz (“that which draws or pulls”), from Proto-Germanic *taugijaną, *tugōną, *teuhōną, *teuhaną (“to lead, bring, pull, draw”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull, lead”). Cognate with Scots team, teem (“a chain, harness”), Saterland Frisian Toom (“bridle; breeding”), West Frisian team (“bridle, team”), Dutch toom (“bridle, reins, flock of birds”), German Low German Toom (“bridle”), German Zaum (“bridle”), Danish tømme (“rein”), Swedish töm (“leash, rein”). More at teem, tie, tow.

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