team

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old English tēam

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

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Singular
team

Plural
teams

team (plural teams)

  1. A set of draught animals, like two horses in front of a carriage.
  2. Any group of people involved in the same activity, especially referring to sports and work.

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Infinitive
to team

Third person singular
teams

Simple past
teamed

Past participle
teamed

Present participle
teaming

to team (third-person singular simple present teams, present participle teaming, simple past and past participle teamed)

  1. To form a sports or work group.
    They teamed up to complete the project.

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[edit] Italian

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team m. inv.

  1. team (group of people)

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Germanic *tauma- ‘pull, draw’. Cognate with Old Frisian tām ‘bridle, progeny’, Old Saxon tōm, Old High German zoum (Dutch toom ‘rein, offspring’, German Zaum ‘bridle’), Old Norse taumr (Swedish töm ‘leash, rein’).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /tæ:am/

[edit] Noun

tēam m. (plural: tēamas)

  1. childbirth
  2. family, offspring
  3. a team of draught animals
  4. an Anglo-Saxon legal procedure in a stolen goods suit

[edit] West Frisian

[edit] Noun

team n.

  1. bridle
  2. team
Example
"Sirkulaasjefollybal is in fariant op it 'gewoane' follybal, mei 4 spilers yn elts team." (Mini-volleyball is a variation of "normal" volleyball, with 4 players on each team.)