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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
team/tiːm/
noun [treated as sing. or pl.]
  • 1 a group of players forming one side in a competitive game or sport.
  • 2 two or more people working together.

    ■ two or more horses harnessed together to pull a vehicle.

verb
  • 1 (team up) come together as a team to achieve a common goal.
  • 2 (usu. team something with) match or coordinate one thing with (another).
  • 3 harness (horses) together to pull a vehicle.
– derivatives
teamer noun.
– origin OE tēam ‘team of draught animals’, of Gmc origin; rel. to teem1 and tow1.
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