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Team

//tiːm// intj, name, noun, verb, slang

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Intj

1
Used to propose that another player team up with the speaker. colloquial

Proper Noun

1
A river in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, which flows into the River Tyne. It has other names further upstream in County Durham.

Noun

1
A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.
"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."
2
two or more draft animals that work together to pull something wordnet
3
Any group of people involved in the same activity, especially sports or work.
"We need more volunteers for the netball team."
4
a cooperative unit (especially in sports) wordnet
5
A group of animals moving together, especially young ducks. obsolete
"she will wonder to have a teeme of ducklings about her"

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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. UK, obsolete
"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."
7
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."

Verb

1
To form a group, as for sports or work. intransitive
"They teamed to complete the project."
2
Misspelling of teem. alt-of, misspelling
3
form a team wordnet
4
To go together well; to harmonize. broadly, intransitive
"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."
5
To convey or haul with a team. transitive
"to team lumber"

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6
To form together into a team. transitive
"to team oxen"
7
To give work to a gang under a subcontractor. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”), Norwegian tømme (“bridle, rein”), Swedish töm (“leash, rein”). More at teem, tie, tow.

Etymology 2

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Etymology 4

Possibly of Brythonic origin, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European but the exact root is unclear, with suggestions including *temH- (“dark”), *temh₁- (“to cut”), and *teh₂- (“to melt, flow”).

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