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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/team/#m1)

2) A team is a group of people who work together: a team of doctors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/team/#m2)

3) A team is a group of animals pulling a cart or sled: a team of dogs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/team/#m3)

4) To team up is to join together to do something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/team/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/team/#x1)
- Our team scored 12 points. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/team/#x2)
- The other team scored 3 fewer points. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/team/#x3)
- 30 children are put into teams of 5. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/team/#x4)
- A football team has 11 players on the field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/team/#x5)
- Let's work as a team to tidy the classroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/team/#x6)
- A team of huskies pulled the sled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/team/#x7)
- The two classes teamed up for the science fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/team/#x8)
- A HEAVY WAGON was being dragged along a country lane by a team of Oxen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/team/#x9)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/10-using-ai-to-learn-not-to-copy/17/)
- [Sports teams already use AI to analyse games and players' movements; too much analysing can take the fun out of a game.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/25-future-fears-rules/15/)
- [Many pop songs are written by teams, and everyone whose work is used gets a credit, an official mention.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing/11/)
- [Live shows often have small disasters, so teams keep safety pins, tape and spare costumes ready.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/28-the-school-play-auditions-lines-stage-fright/9/)
- [The Māori are the first people of New Zealand, and the New Zealand rugby team performs a haka before matches.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «team» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/team/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.