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team noun [ tiːm ]

• a group of players forming one side in a competitive game or sport.
• "the village cricket team"
Similar: group, squad, side, band, bunch, company, party, gang, selection, crew, troupe, set, line-up, array, body, corps, cadre, partnership, alliance, working party, posse,

team verb

• come together as a team to achieve a common goal.
• "he teamed up with the band to produce the disc"
Similar: join (up), join forces, collaborate, get together, come together, band together, work together, unite, combine, cooperate, merge, link, ally, associate, amalgamate, integrate, fraternize, form an alliance, pool resources, club together,
• match or coordinate a garment with (another).
• "a pinstripe suit teamed with a crisp white shirt"
Similar: match, coordinate, complement, pair up,
• harness (animals, especially horses) together to pull a vehicle.
• "the horses are teamed in pairs"
Similar: harness, yoke, saddle, bridle, hitch up, couple,
Origin: Old English tēam ‘team of draught animals’, of Germanic origin; related to German Zaum ‘bridle’, also to teem1 and tow1, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin ducere ‘to lead’.

take one for the team

• willingly undertake an unpleasant task or make a personal sacrifice for the collective benefit of one's friends or colleagues.
"I took one for the team by naming myself the designated driver"



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