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# teamwork

«teamwork» in Mova's school dictionary: **Working together well as a group to reach a shared goal…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (teamwork — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

Working together well as a group to reach a shared goal, each person helping the others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teamwork/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

It is a key value in schools, sport and work. In PE, group projects and science experiments, teachers praise good teamwork: sharing jobs, listening, helping. In stories, teamwork often defeats a stronger enemy. Phrases: «good teamwork», «great teamwork», «teamwork makes the dream work».

### examples

- We won the match because of great teamwork. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teamwork/#x1)
- Building the model took teamwork. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teamwork/#x2)
- Teamwork means listening to each other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teamwork/#x3)
- The ants carried the big leaf with amazing teamwork. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teamwork/#x4)
- Our teacher gave us points for good teamwork. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teamwork/#x5)
- Firefighters rely on teamwork to stay safe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teamwork/#x6)
- «Teamwork makes the dream work!» said the coach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teamwork/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: «good teamwork», not «a teamwork». In maths, teamwork problems ask how long jobs take together: if one person paints a fence in 6 hours and another in 3 hours, together they take 2 hours (not 4.5 and not 9).

### Trees and pragmatics

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