Толковый словарь английского языка

[Language: Old English; Origin: 'young of an animal, group of animals pulling something']

1. a group of people who play a game or sport together against another group:

Which team do you support?

[also + plural verb British English]

Our team are winning.

in a team British English, on a team American English:

Bobby Charlton was in the team that won the World Cup.

2. a group of people who have been chosen to work together to do a particular job

team of

a team of experts

management/research/sales etc team

a senior member of the design team

Our success lies in working together as a team.

It was a tremendous team effort.

You need to choose a team leader.

3. two or more animals that are used to pull a vehicle

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COLLOCATIONS (for Meaning 1)

■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + team

▪ a football/basketball etc team China’s football team failed to qualify for the World Cup.

▪ the school team I played for my school cricket team.

▪ the national team He coached the Italian national team.

▪ the home team (=the team whose sports field a game is being played on) Hayward then increased the home team’s lead.

▪ the visiting team (=the team who have travelled to their opponents’ sports field) The visiting team failed to score.

▪ the opposing team A member of the opposing team grabbed hold of his shirt.

▪ the first team British English (=the team with the best players in a school, club etc) He has played several times for the first team.

▪ the second team (=the team with players who are not as good as those in the first team) He stepped up from the second team when Roberts was injured.

▪ the winning/losing team Everyone on the winning team will get a medal.

■ verbs

▪ play for a team He wants to play for a better team.

▪ support a team "Which team do you support?" "Chelsea."

▪ captain a team (=be the captain of a team) James captained his school team from the age of eleven.

▪ make the team (=be chosen as a member of a team) He was never good enough to make the team.

▪ drop somebody from a team (=decide that someone should not play for a team) He has been dropped from the team because of injury.

■ team + NOUN

▪ the team captain The cup was presented to the team captain.

▪ a team member/a member of a team He's the eldest team member. | He was a popular member of the team.

▪ the team manager/coach Who do you think will be the next England team manager?

▪ a team game/sport (=one that is played by teams) In those days, girls didn’t play team sports.

■ phrases

▪ play as a team One reason for the 49ers’ success is that they play as a team.

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COLLOCATIONS (for Meaning 2)

■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + team

▪ a management/research/sales etc team The design team has come up with a few ideas.

▪ a rescue team He was in the water for two hours before a rescue team arrived.

▪ a good/strong team We have a very strong sales team.

▪ a three-man/four-man etc team (=one with three, four etc people) About a month ago he hired a four-man team of personal trainers.

▪ a 10-strong/14-strong etc team (=one with 10, 14 etc people) A six-strong team from the Transport Research Laboratory is at the crash scene.

■ team + NOUN

▪ a team member/a member of a team Team members meet on a regular basis.

▪ a team leader The team leader will co-ordinate the work.

▪ a team effort (=when members of a team achieve something together) It was a great team effort and all the crew did a magnificent job.

▪ a team meeting Hold team meetings to discuss problems.

■ verbs

▪ lead a team She was the doctor who led the surgical team.

■ phrases

▪ work as a team You have to learn to work as a team.

▪ make a good team (=work well together as a team) You and I make a good team.

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THESAURUS

■ of animals

▪ herd a group of cows, deer, or elephants: A herd of cows was blocking the road.

▪ team a group of people who work together: She is being cared for by a team of doctors.

▪ flock a group of sheep or birds: a flock of seagulls | The farmer has over 100 sheep in his flock.

▪ pack a group of dogs or wolves: Some dogs are bred to work in packs.

▪ litter a group of kittens or puppies born at one time to a particular mother: He was one of a litter of seven puppies.

▪ school/shoal a group of fish or dolphins: Piranha fish live in shoals in the wild.

to put two things or people together, because they will look good or work well together

team something with something

black trousers teamed with a bright shirt

team up phrasal verb

to join with someone in order to work on something

team up with

You can team up with one other class member if you want.