team

Universal Words noun, verb noun [C+sing./pl.v.] 1 a group of people who play a particular game or sport against another group of people: a football / cricket / rugby team * a team event (= one played by groups of people rather than individual players) * (BrE) Whose team are you in? * (AmE) Whose team are you on? * The team is / are not playing very well this season. 2 a group of people who work together at a particular job: the design / sales team * a team leader / member * a team player (= a person who works well with others) * A team of experts has / have been called in to investigate. * We have a team of eight working on product development. 3 two or more animals that are used together to pull a carriage, CART, etc. verb [VN] [usuallypassive] to combine or match two or more things or people: This production of 'Macbeth' teams two of our finest actors. * He was teamed with his brother in the doubles. PHRASALVERBS team up (with sb) to join with another person or group in order to do sth together