- team
- noun1 group of people who play a sport togetherADJECTIVE▪ home, hometown▪ away (esp. BrE), opposing, rival, visiting▪ decent, strong▪ successful, winning▪ weak▪ losing▪ dream▪
The manager has chosen his dream team for the World Cup.
▪ junior, senior, youth▪ under-16, etc.▪ A, B, first, second, etc.▪ international, local, national, Olympic▪ England, Ireland, Scotland, US▪ French, Japanese, etc.▪ baseball, basketball, football, relay, etc.▪ college, school, varsity (esp. AmE)▪ display (BrE)▪a parachute display team
▪ special (in American football)▪ five-man, five-person, five-strong, five-woman, etc.▪Spain are fielding a three-man team in this race.
▪ men's, mixed, women'sVERB + TEAM▪ field, have▪ choose, get together, organize, pick, put together▪Can you get a team together by Saturday?
▪ coach, manage▪ be in, be on, play for, play in (esp. BrE), play on (esp. AmE)▪I'm playing for the first team this week.
▪ be called up to (BrE), be selected for, get into (esp. BrE), get on (esp. AmE), get onto (esp. AmE), make▪Cole has been selected for the team to meet Italy next week.
▪You didn't make the team, I'm afraid.
▪ be dropped from, be left out of▪ join, sign for (BrE), sign up for (esp. AmE), sign with (esp. AmE)▪He is looking to sign for a Conference League team.
▪I signed up for the school basketball team.
▪He hopes to sign with an NFL team.
▪ play, play against▪ beat▪ lead▪ supportTEAM + VERB▪ enter (esp. AmE), get into, make it into▪ compete (in sth), take part (in sth) (esp. BrE)▪The team competes in a local league.
▪There are six teams taking part.
▪ play▪ play sb, play against sb▪ win (sth)▪ lose (sth)▪Our team lost the final.
TEAM + NOUN▪ game, sport▪ captain, coach, manager, owner, president (esp. AmE)▪ official (esp. AmE)▪ mate (usually teammate)▪He apologized to his teammates for his mistake.
▪ championship, competition, event, prize▪ effort, performance▪ selection▪ talk (BrE)▪The lads were given a rousing half-time team talk by the coach.
▪ roster (AmE), sheet (BrE) (= the list of players chosen for the team)PREPOSITION▪ in a/the team, on a/the team▪I'll have you on the first team.
▪Whose team are you in? (BrE)
▪Whose team are you on? (AmE)
▪ team for▪She's in the team for the World Championships.
2 group of people who work togetherADJECTIVE▪ joint▪a joint team of European and North American economists
▪ five-strong▪ husband-and-wife▪ campaign, creative, design, development, editorial, investigation, management, marketing, production, project, research, sales▪a member of the senior management team
▪ legal, medical, surgical▪ multidisciplinary▪ special▪A special team of police officers will patrol the town.
▪ crack▪a crack team of lawyers
▪ rescue, SWAT (esp. AmE)VERB + TEAM▪ assemble, build, form, put together, train▪Willing volunteers formed teams of helpers to carry everything in.
▪a specially trained team of advisers
▪ make▪You and I make a good team.
▪ head, lead, manage, run▪ send▪The charity sent a team to the area hit by the earthquake.
▪ join▪She has recently joined our sales team.
▪ leave▪ work as▪We're learning to work together as a team.
TEAM + VERB▪ comprise sb, consist of sb▪The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries.
▪ develop sth, operate, work on sth▪the team that developed this microchip
▪ work with sb/sth▪The team will work closely with other government departments.
TEAM + NOUN▪ leader, member▪ player (= sb who works well as part of a team) (informal)▪ meeting▪ approach▪ building, development▪The survival course was intended as a team-building exercise.
▪ chemistry (esp. AmE), dynamics▪We have a great team chemistry.
▪ spirit▪ effort▪It took a tremendous team effort to finish the project on time.
PREPOSITION▪ in a/the team (esp. BrE), on a/the team (esp. AmE)▪There are 20 people in/on the team.
▪ team of▪a team of scientists
PHRASES▪ a member of a team, part of a team
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
