From Middle English tem, teem, teme, from Old English tēam (“child-bearing, offspring, brood, set of draught animals”), from Proto-West Germanic *taum, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz (“that which draws or pulls”), from Proto-Germanic *taugijaną, *tugōną, *teuhōną, *teuhaną (“to lead, bring, pull, draw”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull, lead”). Cognate with Scots team, teem (“a chain, harness”), Saterland Frisian Toom (“bridle; breeding”), West Frisian team (“bridle, team”), Dutch toom (“bridle, reins, flock of birds”), German Low German Toom (“bridle”), German Zaum (“bridle”), Danish tømme (“rein”), Swedish töm (“leash, rein”). More at teem, tie, tow.
Meanings
(colloquial) Used to propose that another player team up with the speaker.
From Middle English tem, teem, teme, from Old English tēam (“child-bearing, offspring, brood, set of draught animals”), from Proto-West Germanic *taum, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz (“that which draws or pulls”), from Proto-Germanic *taugijaną, *tugōną, *teuhōną, *teuhaną (“to lead, bring, pull, draw”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull, lead”). Cognate with Scots team, teem (“a chain, harness”), Saterland Frisian Toom (“bridle; breeding”), West Frisian team (“bridle, team”), Dutch toom (“bridle, reins, flock of birds”), German Low German Toom (“bridle”), German Zaum (“bridle”), Danish tømme (“rein”), Swedish töm (“leash, rein”). More at teem, tie, tow.
Meanings
A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.
The adjacent alleys were choked with tethered wagons, the teams reversed and nuzzling gnawed corn-ears over the tail-boards. 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage, published 1993, page 111:
It happened almost every day that coaches stuck fast, until a team of cattle could be procured from some neighbouring farm to tug them out of the slough. 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter III, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
Any group of people involved in the same activity, especially sports or work.
The IT manager leads a team of three software developers.
We need more volunteers for the netball team.
(obsolete) A group of animals moving together, especially young ducks.
she will wonder to have a teeme of ducklings about her 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
a long team of snowy swans on high 1697, Virgil, “Aeneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
(UK, obsolete) A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances thereto.
TEAM, Theam, Tem, Them. Sax. [from tyman, to propagate, to teem.] In old English law. Literally, an offspring, race or generation. A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes and villeins, and their offspring or suit. They who had a jurisdiction of this kind, were said to have a court of Theme... constantly used in the old books in connection with toll, in the expression Toll & Team. 1871, Alexander M. Burrill, Law Dictionary & Glossary, volume II:
A group of people who favor one side of a binary debate that is divided and lacks a well-established clear consensus.
As Jan. 1, 2020, approaches, it turns out there is a Team Zero and a Team 1 – those who believe the new decade will begin after midnight on the upcoming New Year's Eve and those who believe the burgeoning celebrations of a new decade (and all the "last decade" retrospectives) are in fact a year early. 2019 December 27, Bill Chappell, “People Can't Even Agree On When The Decade Ends”, in NPR:
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draught animals) · ug ئۆمەك (group of people) · az komanda (group of people) · bo རུ་ཁག (group of people) · la turma (group of people) · hy խումբ (group of people) · pt equipe (group of people) · kk команда (group of people) · tg гурӯҳ (group of people) · eo jungitaro (set of draught animals) · uz jamoa (group of people) · uk колекти́в (group of people) · sv stall (group of people) · ast equipu (group of people) · bg еки́п (group of people) · nb team (group of people) · ga foireann (group of people) · tr ekip (group of people) · hu csapat (group of people) · uk упря́жка (set of draught animals) · bn টীম (group of people) · ru экипа́ж (group of people) · el ζευγάρι (set of draught animals) · ga cuingir (set of draught animals) · cs tým (group of people) · hu csoport (group of people) · ug كوماندا (group of people) · eo teamo (group of people) · yue 團隊 /团队 (group of people) · hy թիմ (group of people) · tt такым (group of people) · sq ekip (group of people) · fi valjakko (set of draught animals) · mr गट (group of people) · ta இழுவை விலங்குகள் (set of draught animals) · pl zaprzęg (set of draught animals) · kmr kom (group of people) · cmn 團隊 /团队 (group of people) · de Gespann (set of draught animals) · ja 隊 (group of people) · fi joukkue (group of people) · hi दल (group of people) · ky команда (group of people) · hi टीम (group of people) · ar فَرِيق (group of people) · bo དོར (set of draught animals) · oc equipa (group of people) · mt tim (group of people) · yue 隊伍 /队伍 (group of people) · fa-ira گُروه (group of people) · tk topar (group of people) · ta கூட்டணி (group of people) · he נִבְחֶרֶת (group of people) · km កង (group of people) · be запрэ́жка (set of draught animals) · prs گُرُوه (group of people) · tl kupunan (group of people) · uz komanda (group of people) · th เหล่า (group of people) · fi talli (group of people) · be калекты́ў (group of people) · ca equip (group of people) · sk záprah (set of draught animals) · sv team (group of people) · nn lag (group of people) · pl ekipa (group of people) · my အစု (group of people) · he צֶוֶת (group of people) · ur دَل (group of people) · mr संघ (group of people) · th ทีม (group of people) · gl equipo (group of people) · sh ekípa (group of people) · es yunta (set of draught animals) · sl ekipa (group of people) · prs تِیم (group of people) · yue 隊 /队 (group of people) · lt brigada (group of people) · ko 대 (group of people) · km ក្រុម (group of people) · ta குழு (group of people) · bg отбо́р (group of people) · is lið (group of people) · ms pasukan (group of people) · cmn 隊 /队 (group of people) · ka რაზმი (group of people) · nl ploeg (group of people) · fo toymi (group of people) · cy tîm (group of people) · id tim (group of people) · es cuadrilla (group of people) · tl kuponan (group of people) · gl parella (set of draught animals) · ps ټيم (group of people) · vi đội (group of people) · be брыга́да (group of people) · wa cope (set of draught animals) · bg брига́да (group of people) · mn баг (group of people) · ja チーム (group of people) · ga meitheal (group of people) · la manipulus (group of people) · ko 팀 (group of people) · sw timu (group of people) · egy iz-w:*t-A1:Z2 (group of people) · ro echipă (group of people) · mi kapa (group of people) · de Mannschaft (group of people) · sh tȋm (group of people) · es consorcio (group of people) · kea ikipa (group of people) · lo ຊຸມ (group of people) · nb lag (group of people) · es tiro (set of draught animals) · be кама́нда (group of people) · it squadra (group of people) · te బృందం (group of people) · gl cuadrilla (group of people) · fo lið (group of people) · ru арте́ль (group of people) · eu talde (group of people) · be гру́па (group of people) · fr équipe (group of people) · nn team (group of people) · mk еки́па (group of people) · ru упря́жка (set of draught animals) · ta அணி (group of people) · et meeskond (group of people) · tg команда (group of people) · et brigaad (group of people) · fa-ira تیم (group of people) · shn ၸုမ်း (group of people) · mr टीम (group of people) · da span (set of draught animals) · uk брига́да (group of people) · mfe lekip (group of people) · nb spann (set of draught animals) · wa coplêye (group of people) · lv brigāde (group of people) · it équipe (group of people) · tr koşum (set of draught animals) · da hold (group of people) · pl drużyna (group of people) · de Team (group of people) · mk тим (group of people) · he קְבוּצָה (group of people) · vi ban (group of people) · gl xugada (set of draught animals) · mn ᠪᠠᠭ (group of people) · zdj ekipu (group of people) · io esquado (group of people) · ota قوش (set of draught animals) · ky такым (group of people) · lt komanda (group of people) · pt equipa (group of people) · el ομάδα (group of people) · fi tiimi (group of people) · sk tím (group of people) · sh ти̑м (group of people) · tt җигем (set of draught animals) · ru гру́ппа (group of people) · hy զինախումբ (group of people) · wa ekipe (group of people) · sh еки́па (group of people)
From Middle English tem, teem, teme, from Old English tēam (“child-bearing, offspring, brood, set of draught animals”), from Proto-West Germanic *taum, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz (“that which draws or pulls”), from Proto-Germanic *taugijaną, *tugōną, *teuhōną, *teuhaną (“to lead, bring, pull, draw”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull, lead”). Cognate with Scots team, teem (“a chain, harness”), Saterland Frisian Toom (“bridle; breeding”), West Frisian team (“bridle, team”), Dutch toom (“bridle, reins, flock of birds”), German Low German Toom (“bridle”), German Zaum (“bridle”), Danish tømme (“rein”), Swedish töm (“leash, rein”). More at teem, tie, tow.
Meanings
(intransitive) To form a group, as for sports or work.
They teamed to complete the project.
(broadly, intransitive) To go together well; to harmonize.
Rich, creamy avocado is cut back by the citrus sharpness of grapefruit in this Israeli-inspired salad. It's brilliant for a brunchy breakfast, and teams well with grilled salmon, tuna, or mackerel for dinner. 2005, Jill Dupleix, Good Cooking: The New Basics, page 32:
(transitive) To convey or haul with a team.
the farmer has been all winter teaming wood along the river 1857, Henry David Thoreau journal entry for Feb. 4 1857
to team lumber
(transitive) To form together into a team.
to team oxen
(transitive) To give work to a gang under a subcontractor.