team
verb/tiːm/
/tiːm/
[usually passive]Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they team | /tiːm/ /tiːm/ |
| he / she / it teams | /tiːmz/ /tiːmz/ |
| past simple teamed | /tiːmd/ /tiːmd/ |
| past participle teamed | /tiːmd/ /tiːmd/ |
| -ing form teaming | /ˈtiːmɪŋ/ /ˈtiːmɪŋ/ |
- team somebody/something (with somebody/something) to put two or more things or people together in order to do something or to achieve a particular effect
- This production of ‘Macbeth’ teams two of our finest actors.
- He was teamed with his brother in the doubles.
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’.Want to learn more?
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