team

«team» in Mova's school dictionary: a group of people who play a sport or game together… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun, verb (team, teams, teamed, teaming)

meaning for a pupil

1) A team is a group of people who play a sport or game together against others. tree →

2) A team is a group of people who work together: a team of doctors. tree →

3) A team is a group of animals pulling a cart or sled: a team of dogs. tree →

4) To team up is to join together to do something. tree →

sense in the lessons

Maths: groups of players; players per team, points scored by teams, comparing teams; «teams of 5» means equal groups: number of teams = children ÷ 5. School: work in teams, team captain, team spirit. Sport: home team, away team, the team won, lost or drew.

examples

• There are 4 teams with 9 players each. tree →
• Our team scored 12 points. tree →
• The other team scored 3 fewer points. tree →
• 30 children are put into teams of 5. tree →
• A football team has 11 players on the field. tree →
• Let's work as a team to tidy the classroom. tree →
• A team of huskies pulled the sled. tree →
• The two classes teamed up for the science fair. tree →
• A HEAVY WAGON was being dragged along a country lane by a team of Oxen. tree →

note

Countable: a team, teams. Can take is or are in British English (the team is / are winning). «Teams of 5» means equal groups: number of teams = children ÷ 5; total players = teams × players. Comparing team scores means subtract. Trap: if there are left-over children, the last team is smaller or you need one more team. Do not confuse with «teem» (be full of).

In the corpora

• Cheating in a group project can hurt the whole team.
• Sports teams already use AI to analyse games and players' movements; too much analysing can take the fun out of a game.
• Many pop songs are written by teams, and everyone whose work is used gets a credit, an official mention.
• Live shows often have small disasters, so teams keep safety pins, tape and spare costumes ready.
• The Māori are the first people of New Zealand, and the New Zealand rugby team performs a haka before matches.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «team» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.