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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”), Norwegian tømme (“bridle, rein”), Swedish töm (“leash, rein”). More at teem, tie, tow.

team (plural teams)

  1. A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.
  2. Any group of people involved in the same activity, especially sports or work.
    We need more volunteers for the netball team.
    The IT manager leads a team of three software developers.
  3. (obsolete) A group of animals moving together, especially young ducks.
  4. (UK, law, obsolete) A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances thereto.
    • 1871, Alexander M. Burrill, Law Dictionary & Glossary‎[1], volume II:
      TEAM, Theam, Tem, Them. Sax. [from tyman, to propagate, to teem.] In old English law. Literally, an offspring, race or generation. A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes and villeins, and their offspring or suit. They who had a jurisdiction of this kind, were said to have a court of Theme... constantly used in the old books in connection with toll, in the expression Toll & Team.
  5. A group of people who favor one side of a binary debate that is divided and lacks a well-established clear consensus.
    • 2019 December 27, Bill Chappell, “People Can't Even Agree On When The Decade Ends”, in NPR‎[2]:
      As Jan. 1, 2020, approaches, it turns out there is a Team Zero and a Team 1 – those who believe the new decade will begin after midnight on the upcoming New Year's Eve and those who believe the burgeoning celebrations of a new decade (and all the "last decade" retrospectives) are in fact a year early.

set of draught animals

group of people

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

  1. (intransitive) To form a group, as for sports or work.
    Synonym: team up
    They teamed to complete the project.
  2. (intransitive, by extension) To go together well; to harmonize.
    • 2005, Jill Dupleix, Good Cooking: The New Basics, page 32:
      Rich, creamy avocado is cut back by the citrus sharpness of grapefruit in this Israeli-inspired salad. It's brilliant for a brunchy breakfast, and teams well with grilled salmon, tuna, or mackerel for dinner.
  3. (transitive) To convey or haul with a team.
    to team lumber
    • 1857, Henry David Thoreau journal entry for Feb. 4 1857
      the farmer has been all winter teaming wood along the river
  4. (transitive) To form together into a team.
    to team oxen
  5. (transitive) To give work to a gang under a subcontractor.

team

  1. (video games, colloquial) Used to propose that another player team up with the speaker.

team

  1. Misspelling of teem.

From English team.

team

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) a group of people working in cooperation and involved in the same activity (Classifier: 條／条 c)

team

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Classifier for teams of people.

Borrowed from English team, from Middle English 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”). Doublet of toom.

team n (plural teams, diminutive teampje n)

  1. team (group of people)
    Synonym: ploeg

Unadapted borrowing from English team.

team m (invariable)

  1. team (group of people)
    Synonyms: squadra, gruppo

team

  1. (Early Middle English) alternative form of tem (“group”)

From English team.

team n (definite singular teamet, indefinite plural **team, definite plural teama or teamene)

  1. a team

From English team.

team n (definite singular teamet, indefinite plural **team, definite plural teama)

  1. a team

From Proto-West Germanic *taum, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz (“pull, draw”).

tēam m (nominative plural tēamas)

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

Strong _a_-stem:

Unadapted borrowing from English team.

team m inan

  1. team (well-coordinated group of people working together)
  2. (sports) team
    Synonym: drużyna

Unadapted borrowing from English team.

team n (uncountable)

  1. team (sports)

Unawareness of the fact that it is a contraction, and thus is spelled together.

team

  1. (eye dialect) misspelling of te-am

From English team.

team n

  1. a team (at a job, or more generally)

team (plural team)

From English team.

team

  1. team (group of people)
    Synonym: đội

From Old Frisian tām, from Proto-West Germanic *taum, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz.

team c (plural teammen, diminutive teamke)

  1. bridle

Borrowed from English team.

team n (plural teams, diminutive teamke)

  1. team
    Synonym: ploech
    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.