- a group of people who play a particular game or sport against another group of people
- a football/basketball/soccer team
- They play volleyball for the national team.
- We played against a team from the neighbouring school.
- (British English) Whose team are you in?
- (North American English) Whose team are you on?
- The team is/are not playing very well this season.
- a team event (= one played by groups of people rather than individual players)
Extra ExamplesTopics Games and toysa1, Sports: ball and racket sportsa1- Cole has been selected for the team to meet Italy next week.
- I'm playing for the first team this week.
- Our team lost the final.
- The team competes in a local league.
- Can you get a team together by Saturday?
- He hopes to sign with an NFL team.
- She's in the team for the World Championships.
- Spain are fielding a three-man team in this race.
- There are six teams taking part.
- You didn't make the team, I'm afraid.
- After two years out with injury, he's back on the team.
- Giles led his team to a first Test victory for 10 years.
- He is likely to be selected for the England cricket team to play South Africa.
- We want to encourage team sports in schools.
- What team do you support?
- The lads were given a rousing half-time team talk by the coach.
- We have a great team chemistry.
- The manager gives his team talks in English.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- home
- hometown
- away
- …
- field
- have
- choose
- …
- enter
- get into
- make it into
- …
- game
- sport
- captain
- …
- in a/the team
- on a/the team
- team for
- …
- a group of people who work together at a particular job
- a team member/leader
- a member of the senior management team
- She leads a research team of twenty scientists.
- He joined the legal team five years ago.
- team of somebody A team of experts has/have been called in to investigate.
- He works with a team of researchers.
- She was part of the design team working on the project.
- as a team We're learning to work together as a team.
Extra Examples- We have a team of eight working on product development.
- The charity sent a team to the area hit by the earthquake.
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries.
- It took a tremendous team effort to finish the project on time.
- The team will work closely with other government departments.
- There are 20 people in the team.
- Willing volunteers formed teams of helpers to carry everything in.
- You and I make a good team.
- a crack team of lawyers
- a joint team of European and North American economists
- a specially trained team of advisers
- a member of the senior management team
- the Army Parachute Display Team
- He thanked his legal team and his family for their support.
- He was part of a research team under Professor James.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- joint
- five-strong
- husband-and-wife
- …
- assemble
- build
- form
- …
- comprise somebody
- consist of somebody
- develop something
- …
- leader
- member
- player
- …
- in a/the team
- on a/the team
- team of
- …
- a member of a team
- part of a team
- two or more animals that are used together to pull a cart, etc.Topics Farmingc2
Word OriginOld English tēam ‘team of draught animals’, of Germanic origin; related to German Zaum ‘bridle’, also tow, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin ducere ‘to lead’.
Idioms
See team in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee team in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishtake one for the team (informal)
- to give up something that is important to you or to do something that is unpleasant in order to benefit your friends or colleagues
- Sometimes you have to take one for the team.
- I know it sounds unfair, but we need you to take one for the team.
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