Word a Day
team
What does team mean?
team (noun): a cooperative unit (especially in sports).
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use team in a sentence?
- We need more volunteers for the netball team. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce team?
/tim/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does team come from?
From Middle English tem, teem, teme, from Old English tēam (“child-bearing, offspring, brood, set of draught animals”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of team?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “team”?
Tap an answer to check it. The same questions the app asks.
What does “team” mean?
son of the same parents as another person
Not quite: that's what brother means.
a flow of electricity through a conductor
Not quite: that's what current means.
a motive for an action or a determination
Not quite: that's what reason means.
a cooperative unit (especially in sports)
Right! That's what “team” means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “team”?
house
Not quite: house means something else.
money
Not quite: money means something else.
place
Not quite: place means something else.
squad
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