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Antonyms for team

Grammar : Noun
Spell : teem
Phonetic Transcription : tim

Definition of team

Origin :
  • Old English team "set of draft animals yoked together," from Proto-Germanic *taumaz (cf. Old Norse taumr, Old Frisian tam, Dutch toom, Old High German zoum, German Zaum "bridle"), probably literally "that which draws," from *taugmaz "action of drawing," from series *taukh-, *tukh-, *tug-, represented by Old English togian "to pull, drag" (see tow), from PIE *deuk- "pull" (related to Latin ducere "to lead;" see duke (n.)). Applied to people in Old English, especially "group of people acting together to bring suit." Team spirit is recorded from 1928. Team player attested from 1886, originally in baseball.
  • noun group, crew
Example sentences :
  • The two saddle-horses and a team for carriage use had been shipped ahead.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • The team was purely American—that is to say, almost human in its intelligence and docility.
  • Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
  • Then six miles of macadamized road showed us that the team could move.
  • Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
  • Peaceful stood beside the team, with the lines still in his hand.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • A second and smaller sled was driven by Mit-sah, and to this was harnessed a team of puppies.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • When Mit-sah cried out his command for the team to stop, White Fang obeyed.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • In the time before he was made leader of the team, the pack had learned to get out of his way.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • The wisest as well as strongest dog was the leader, and the team obeyed him and feared him.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • They said no more; and though Ichabod went back to his team, it was not to work.
  • Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge
  • At that rate, the limiting grade for the team would be fifteen per cent.
  • Extract from : « American Rural Highways » by T. R. Agg

Synonyms for team

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