Meanings
nounteamwork (uncountable)
- uncountableThe cooperative effort of a team of people to achieve a common goal.
Sonic: OK then, let’s get ready to do this. We’ll show that creep the REAL SUPER POWER of TEAM WORK!
2003, Sonic Team USA, Sonic Heroes, Sega, published 2003, PlayStation 2, Windows, GameCube, Xbox, level/area: Last Story1 more example
Having put partisan interests to one side, Greenwood set about making teamwork a watchword for her chairmanship, while seeking the broadest possible participation in subsequent inquiries.
2020 June 3, Lilian Greenwood talks to Paul Stephen, “Rail's 'underlying challenges' remain”, in Rail, page 33
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
From team + work. Compare West Frisian teamwurk (“teamwork”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans spanwerk
- spanwerkcooperative effort of a team
Bulgarian съвместна работа
- съвместна работа (săvmestna rabota)cooperative effort of a team
Catalan treball en equip
- treball en equipcooperative effort of a team
Chinese Mandarin 團隊合作 /团队合作, 全隊合作 /全队合作
- 團隊合作 /团队合作 (tuánduì hézuò)cooperative effort of a team
- 全隊合作 /全队合作 (quánduì hézuò)cooperative effort of a team
- 團隊協作 /团队协作 (tuánduì xiézuò)cooperative effort of a team
Danish gruppearbejde
- gruppearbejdecooperative effort of a team
Dutch groepswerk, teamwork
- groepswerkcooperative effort of a team
- teamworkcooperative effort of a team
Esperanto gruplaboro, teamlaboro
- gruplaborocooperative effort of a team
- teamlaborocooperative effort of a team
Finnish ryhmätyö, tiimityö
- ryhmätyöcooperative effort of a team
- tiimityöcooperative effort of a team
French travail d'équipe, travail en équipe
- travail d'équipecooperative effort of a team
- travail en équipecooperative effort of a team
German Gruppenarbeit, Teamarbeit
- Gruppenarbeitcooperative effort of a team
- Teamarbeitcooperative effort of a team
- Teamworkcooperative effort of a team
- Kollektivarbeitcooperative effort of a team
Hungarian csapatmunka
- csapatmunkacooperative effort of a team
Indonesian kerja tim
- kerja timcooperative effort of a team
Italian lavoro di squadra
- lavoro di squadracooperative effort of a team
Japanese チームワーク
- チームワーク (chīmuwāku)cooperative effort of a team
Korean 팀워크
- 팀워크 (timwokeu)cooperative effort of a team
Malay kerja berkumpulan
- kerja berkumpulancooperative effort of a team
Māori mahi awheawhe, mahi tahi
- mahi awheawhecooperative effort of a team
- mahi tahicooperative effort of a team
- mahi rōpūcooperative effort of a team
- awheawhetangacooperative effort of a team
Norwegian Bokmål teamarbeid
- teamarbeidcooperative effort of a team
Persian کار گروهی
- کار گروهی (kâr-e goruhi)cooperative effort of a team
Polish praca zespołowa
- praca zespołowacooperative effort of a team
Portuguese trabalho de/em equipe
- trabalho de/em equipecooperative effort of a team
Russian рабо́та в кома́нде, рабо́та в коллекти́ве
- рабо́та в кома́нде (rabóta v kománde)cooperative effort of a team
- рабо́та в коллекти́ве (rabóta v kollektíve)cooperative effort of a team
- коллекти́вная рабо́та (kollektívnaja rabóta)cooperative effort of a team
Spanish trabajo en equipo
- trabajo en equipocooperative effort of a team
Swedish grupparbete, teamarbete
- grupparbetecooperative effort of a team
- teamarbetecooperative effort of a team
Turkish takım çalışması
- takım çalışmasıcooperative effort of a team
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APA
teamwork. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teamwork
MLA
“teamwork.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teamwork. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “teamwork,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teamwork.
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