noun
1 group of people who play a sport together
ADJECTIVE
▪ home , hometown
▪ away ( esp. BrE ), opposing , rival , visiting
▪ decent , strong
▪ successful , winning
▪ weak
▪ losing
▪ dream
▪
The manager has chosen his dream ~ for the World Cup.
▪ junior , senior , youth
▪ under-16 , etc.
▪ A , B , first , second , etc.
▪ international , local , national , Olympic
▪ England , Ireland , Scotland , US
▪ French , Japanese , etc.
▪ baseball , basketball , football , relay , etc.
▪ college , school , varsity ( esp. AmE )
▪ display ( BrE )
▪
a parachute display ~
▪ special (in American football)
▪ five-man , five-person , five-strong , five-woman , etc.
▪
Spain are fielding a three-man ~ in this race.
▪ men's , mixed , women's
VERB + TEAM
▪ field , have
▪ choose , get together , organize , pick , put together
▪
Can you get a ~ together by Saturday?
▪ coach , manage
▪ be in , be on , play for , play in ( esp. BrE ), play on ( esp. AmE )
▪
I'm playing for the first ~ this week.
▪ be called up to ( BrE ), be selected for , get into ( esp. BrE ), get on ( esp. AmE ), get onto ( esp. AmE ), make
▪
Cole has been selected for the ~ to meet Italy next week.
▪
You didn't make the ~, I'm afraid.
▪ be dropped from , be left out of
▪ join , sign for ( BrE ), sign up for ( esp. AmE ), sign with ( esp. AmE )
▪
He is looking to sign for a Conference League ~.
▪
I signed up for the school basketball ~.
▪
He hopes to sign with an NFL ~.
▪ play , play against
▪ beat
▪ lead
▪ support
TEAM + VERB
▪ enter ( esp. AmE ), get into , make it into
▪ compete (in sth) , take part (in sth) ( esp. BrE )
▪
The ~ competes in a local league.
▪
There are six ~s taking part.
▪ play
▪ play sb , play against sb
▪ win (sth)
▪ lose (sth)
▪
Our ~ lost the final.
TEAM + NOUN
▪ game , sport
▪ captain , coach , manager , owner , president ( esp. AmE )
▪ official ( esp. AmE )
▪ mate (usually teammate )
▪
He apologized to his teammates for his mistake.
▪ championship , competition , event , prize
▪ effort , performance
▪ selection
▪ talk ( BrE )
▪
The lads were given a rousing half-time ~ talk by the coach.
▪ roster ( AmE ), sheet ( BrE ) (= the list of players chosen for the team)
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~ , on a/the ~
▪
I'll have you on the first ~.
▪
Whose ~ are you in? ( BrE )
▪
Whose ~ are you on? ( AmE )
▪ ~ for
▪
She's in the ~ for the World Championships.
2 group of people who work together
ADJECTIVE
▪ joint
▪
a joint ~ of European and North American economists
▪ five-strong
▪ husband-and-wife
▪ campaign , creative , design , development , editorial , investigation , management , marketing , production , project , research , sales
▪
a member of the senior management ~
▪ legal , medical , surgical
▪ multidisciplinary
▪ special
▪
A special ~ of police officers will patrol the town.
▪ crack
▪
a crack ~ of lawyers
▪ rescue , SWAT ( esp. AmE )
VERB + TEAM
▪ assemble , build , form , put together , train
▪
Willing volunteers formed ~s of helpers to carry everything in.
▪
a specially trained ~ of advisers
▪ make
▪
You and I make a good ~.
▪ head , lead , manage , run
▪ send
▪
The charity sent a ~ to the area hit by the earthquake.
▪ join
▪
She has recently joined our sales ~.
▪ leave
▪ work as
▪
We're learning to work together as a ~.
TEAM + VERB
▪ comprise sb , consist of sb
▪
The ~ consisted of six investigators and two secretaries.
▪ develop sth , operate , work on sth
▪
the ~ that developed this microchip
▪ work with sb/sth
▪
The ~ will work closely with other government departments.
TEAM + NOUN
▪ leader , member
▪ player (= sb who works well as part of a team) ( informal )
▪ meeting
▪ approach
▪ building , development
▪
The survival course was intended as a team-building exercise.
▪ chemistry ( esp. AmE ), dynamics
▪
We have a great ~ chemistry.
▪ spirit
▪ effort
▪
It took a tremendous ~ effort to finish the project on time.
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~ ( esp. BrE ), on a/the ~ ( esp. AmE )
▪
There are 20 people in/on the ~.
▪ ~ of
▪
a ~ of scientists
PHRASES
▪ a member of a ~ , part of a ~