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coalition
English
Alternative forms
- coälition (rare)
Etymology
From French coalition (“coalition”), from Late Latin alo (“I advance (cause, etc., communion)”).
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: k??l?'sh?n, IPA(key): /ko???l???n/
- Rhymes: -???n
Noun
coalition (countable and uncountable, plural coalitions)
- A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.
- The Liberal Democrats and Conservative parties formed a coalition government in 2010.
- 2013 May 23, Sarah Lyall, "British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):
- At a time when Mr. Cameron is being squeezed from both sides — from the right by members of his own party and by the anti-immigrant, anti-Europe U.K. Independence Party, and from the left by his Liberal Democrat coalition partners — the move seemed uncharacteristically clunky.
- (rare) The collective noun for a group of cheetahs.
- 2013 August 7, Joshi Herrmann, "How cricket netted the hipsters", London Evening Standard
- Sometimes the ante is upped, the gaggle of bowlers all working on their batsman in turn, like a coalition of cheetahs singling out a vulnerable gazelle, sending their distinctive balls down until the pressure forces a mistake or the batsman gets his own back by smashing a bad ball over everyone’s heads.
- 2014 September 6, Darren Boyle, "Running wild! Mother cheetah has SIX cubs keeping her busy by jumping, hiding and climbing all over her", The Daily Mail
- Majed Sultan Ali was on his second visit to the game reserve in a bid to photograph a coalition of cheetahs.
- 2015 June 11, "This is the moment an ostrich attempts to outrun cheetahs in Sir David Attenborough's latest show", Bristol Post
- This is the incredible moment a juvenile ostrich attempts to outrun a coalition of cheetahs that forms a central part of the latest BBC programme to be presented by Sir David Attenborough.
- 2013 August 7, Joshi Herrmann, "How cricket netted the hipsters", London Evening Standard
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- coalition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- coitional
French
Alternative forms
- coälition (rare)
Etymology
From Late Latin coalitus (“fellowship, communion”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?.a.li.sj??/
Noun
coalition f (plural coalitions)
- coalition
Further reading
- “coalition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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team
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti?m/
- Rhymes: -i?m
- Homophone: teem
Etymology 1
From Middle English teme, from Old English t?am (“child-bearing, offspring, brood, set of draught animals”), from Proto-Germanic *taumaz (“that which draws or pulls”), from Proto-Germanic *taugijan?, *tug?n?, *teuh?n?, *teuhan? (“to lead, bring, pull, draw”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull, lead”). Cognate with Scots team, teem (“a chain, harness”), West Frisian team (“bridle, team”), Dutch toom (“bridle, reins, flock of birds”), German Zaum (“bridle”), Norwegian tømme (“bridle, rein”), Swedish töm (“leash, rein”). More at teem, tie, tow.
Noun
team (plural teams)
- A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, page 111:
- The adjacent alleys were choked with tethered wagons, the teams reversed and nuzzling gnawed corn-ears over the tail-boards.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, page 111:
- Any group of people involved in the same activity, especially sports or work.
- (obsolete) A group of animals moving together, especially young ducks.
- she will wonder to have a teeme of ducklings about her
- a long team of snowy swans on high
- (Britain, law, obsolete) A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances thereto.
- 1871, Alexander M. Burrill, Law Dictioary & Glossary, vol II, [1]
- TEAM, Theam, Tem, Them. Sax. [from tyman, to propagate, to teem.] In old English law. Literally, an offspring, race or generation. A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes and villeins, and their offspring or suit. They who had a jurisdiction of this kind, were said to have a court of Theme... constantly used in the old books in connection with toll, in the expression Toll & Team.
- 1871, Alexander M. Burrill, Law Dictioary & Glossary, vol II, [1]
- A group of people who favor one side of a binary debate that is divided and lacks a well-established clear consensus.
Usage notes
- In British English, team is construed as plural, emphasizing the members. In US English it is construed as singular, emphasizing the group. This conforms to the general practice in the two dialects for collective nouns.
- British English:
- American English:
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
Verb
team (third-person singular simple present teams, present participle teaming, simple past and past participle teamed)
- (intransitive) To form a group, as for sports or work.
- (intransitive, by extension) To go together well; to harmonize.
- 2005, Jill Dupleix, Good Cooking: The New Basics (page 32)
- Rich, creamy avocado is cut back by the citrus sharpness of grapefruit in this Israeli-inspired salad. It's brilliant for a brunchy breakfast, and teams well with grilled salmon, tuna, or mackerel for dinner.
- 2005, Jill Dupleix, Good Cooking: The New Basics (page 32)
- (transitive) To convey or haul with a team.
- 1857, Henry David Thoreau journal entry for Feb. 4 1857
- the farmer has been all winter teaming wood along the river
- 1857, Henry David Thoreau journal entry for Feb. 4 1857
- (transitive) To form together into a team.
- (transitive) To give work to a gang under a subcontractor.
Derived terms
- double-team
Etymology 2
Verb
team
- Misspelling of teem.
Anagrams
- AEMT, ATEM, Atem, META, Meta, Tame, Tema, mate, maté, meat, meta, meta-, tame
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English team, from Middle English teme, from Old English t?am (“child-bearing, offspring, brood, set of draught animals”), from Proto-Germanic *taumaz (“that which draws or pulls”), from Proto-Germanic *taugijan?, *tug?n?, *teuh?n?, *teuhan? (“to lead, bring, pull, draw”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull, lead”). Doublet with native Dutch toom.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti?m/
Noun
team n (plural teams, diminutive teampje n)
- team (group of people)
- Synonym: ploeg
Derived terms
- fabrieksteam
- onderzoeksteam
- teamgeest
- teambuilding
Italian
Noun
team m (invariable)
- team (group of people)
- Synonyms: squadra, gruppo
Anagrams
- meta, metà, tema
Middle English
Noun
team
- Alternative form of teme (“folk”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English team
Noun
team n (definite singular teamet, indefinite plural team, definite plural teama or teamene)
- a team
Synonyms
- lag
Derived terms
- teamarbeid
References
- “team” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English team
Noun
team n (definite singular teamet, indefinite plural team, definite plural teama)
- a team
Synonyms
- lag
Derived terms
- teamarbeid
References
- “team” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *taumaz (“pull, draw”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tæ???m/
Noun
t?am m (nominative plural t?amas)
- childbirth
- family, offspring
- a team of draught animals
- an Anglo-Saxon legal procedure in a stolen goods suit
Declension
Related terms
- t?eman
Descendants
- Middle English: teme, team, tæm, tem
- English: team (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: team, teem
Swedish
Etymology
From English team.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti?m/
- Rhymes: -i?m
Noun
team n
- a team of people
Declension
Synonyms
- lag
Anagrams
- meta, tame, tema
West Frisian
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
team c (plural teammen, diminutive teamke)
- bridle
Further reading
- “team (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English team.
Noun
team n (plural teams, diminutive teamke)
- team
- Synonym: ploech
Derived terms
- teamwurk
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