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SKWOD/skwɒd/

A squad is a small group working or training together, especially police or sport: a bomb-disposal squad; the England squad. Team is wider; unit is military/organisational. Name the bomb-disposal squad. Mix-up: square is a shape (already in the dictionary); squid is an animal. Do not call a whole police force a squad.

Meaning

A small group of people working or training together, especially police or sport.

Examples

• “Name the bomb-disposal squad in the source, not a generic “soldiers”.”
• “She made the county hockey squad, which is the sport sense.”

Good to know

a bomb / drugs / football squad; squad car. Wider: team. Trap: square / squid. News, PE, and history. A small trained group, not a shape.

Near in meaning

team

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