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teamwork

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The cooperative effort of a team of people to achieve a common goal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

cooperative work done by a team (especially when it is effective)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it will take money, good planning and, above all, teamwork

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cooperation

History

Etymology

From team + work. Compare West Frisian teamwurk (“teamwork”).

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: spanwerk — cooperative effort of a team
  • Bulgarian: съвместна работа (sǎvmestna rabota) — cooperative effort of a team
  • Catalan: treball en equip — cooperative effort of a team
  • Chinese Mandarin: 團隊合作 /团队合作 (tuánduì hézuò) — cooperative effort of a team
  • Chinese Mandarin: 全隊合作 /全队合作 (quánduì hézuò) — cooperative effort of a team
  • Chinese Mandarin: 團隊協作 /团队协作 (tuánduì xiézuò) — cooperative effort of a team
  • Danish: gruppearbejde — cooperative effort of a team
  • Dutch: groepswerk — cooperative effort of a team
  • Dutch: teamwork — cooperative effort of a team
  • Esperanto: gruplaboro — cooperative effort of a team
  • Esperanto: teamlaboro — cooperative effort of a team
  • Finnish: ryhmätyö — cooperative effort of a team
  • Finnish: tiimityö — cooperative effort of a team
  • French: travail d'équipe — cooperative effort of a team
  • French: travail en équipe — cooperative effort of a team
  • West-Frisian: teamwurk — cooperative effort of a team
  • German: Gruppenarbeit — cooperative effort of a team
  • German: Teamarbeit — cooperative effort of a team
  • German: Teamwork — cooperative effort of a team
  • German: Kollektivarbeit — cooperative effort of a team
  • Hungarian: csapatmunka — cooperative effort of a team
  • Indonesian: kerja tim — cooperative effort of a team
  • Italian: lavoro di squadra — cooperative effort of a team
  • Japanese: チームワーク (chīmuwāku) — cooperative effort of a team
  • Korean: 팀워크 (timwokeu) — cooperative effort of a team
  • Malay: kerja berkumpulan — cooperative effort of a team
  • Māori: mahi awheawhe — cooperative effort of a team
  • Māori: mahi tahi — cooperative effort of a team
  • Māori: mahi rōpū — cooperative effort of a team
  • Māori: awheawhetanga — cooperative effort of a team
  • Norwegian Bokmål: teamarbeid — cooperative effort of a team
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: teamarbeid — cooperative effort of a team
  • Persian: کار گروهی (kâr-e goruhi) — cooperative effort of a team
  • Polish: praca zespołowa — cooperative effort of a team
  • Portuguese: trabalho de/em equipe — cooperative effort of a team
  • Russian: рабо́та в кома́нде (rabóta v kománde) — cooperative effort of a team
  • Russian: рабо́та в коллекти́ве (rabóta v kollektíve) — cooperative effort of a team
  • Russian: коллекти́вная рабо́та (kollektívnaja rabóta) — cooperative effort of a team
  • Spanish: trabajo en equipo — cooperative effort of a team
  • Swedish: grupparbete — cooperative effort of a team
  • Swedish: teamarbete — cooperative effort of a team
  • Turkish: takım çalışması — cooperative effort of a team
  • Yoruba: ìfọwọ́sowọ́pọ̀ — cooperative effort of a team
  • Yoruba: ìjùmọ̀ṣiṣẹ́ — cooperative effort of a team