teamtwo or more who work together or play on the same side as in a game: She?s on my team.Not to be confused with:teem ? to be full of; swarm; abound: The area teems with bees.Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embreeteam (t?m)n.1. Sports & Games a. A group on the same side, as in a game.b. The members of a team who are actively playing at a given time: After a stellar performance in last week’s game, the shooting guard was promoted to the starting team.2. A group organized for work or activity: a team of engineers.3. a. Two or more draft animals used to pull a vehicle or farm implement.b. A vehicle along with the animal or animals harnessed to it.4. A group of animals exhibited or performing together, as horses at an equestrian show.5. A brood or flock.v. teamed, team·ing, teams v.tr.1. To harness or join together so as to form a team.2. To transport or haul with a draft team.v.intr.1. To form a team or an association. Often used with up.2. To drive a team or truck.[Middle English tem, team of draft animals, from Old English t?am; see deuk- in Indo-European roots.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.team (ti?m) n (sometimes functioning as plural) 1. a group of people organized to work together2. (General Sporting Terms) a group of players forming one of the sides in a sporting contest3. two or more animals working together to pull a vehicle or agricultural implement4. such animals and the vehicle: the coachman riding his team. 5. dialect a flock, herd, or brood6. obsolete ancestryvb7. (when: intr, often foll by up) to make or cause to make a team: he teamed George with Robert. 8. (tr) US and Canadian to drag or transport in or by a team9. (intr) US and Canadian to drive a team[Old English team offspring; related to Old Frisian t?m bridle, Old Norse taumr chain yoking animals together, Old High German zoum bridle]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014team (tim) n. 1. a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest: a basketball team; a debating team. 2. a number of persons associated in some joint action: a team of experts. 3. a. two or more horses, oxen, or other animals harnessed together to draw a vehicle, plow, or the like. b. one or more draft animals together with the harness and vehicle drawn. 4. a brood or litter of young, esp. of ducklings or piglets. v.t. 5. to join together in a team. v.i. 6. to drive a team. 7. to gather or join in a team (usu. fol. by up, together, etc.). adj. 8. pertaining to or performed by a team: a team effort. [before 900; Middle English teme (n.), Old English t?am childbearing, brood, set of draft animals] usage: See collective noun. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.Team family or brood of young animals; a group of animals moving together; people joined in some sporting or other competitive event.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.teamA team is a group of people who play against another group in a game.After team you can use either a singular or plural form of a verb.