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TEEMW-urk/ˈtiːmwɜːk/

Teamwork is people working together to get a result (usually uncountable): effective teamwork; a teamwork task. Team is the group (already in the dictionary); cooperation is a close twin. Credit teamwork in the write-up, then name who did which role. Mix-up: teamwork vs team-building (an activity day). Do not write “a teamwork” as a countable event.

Meaning

The activity of working together as a group to get a result (usually uncountable).

Examples

• “Credit teamwork in the write-up, then name who logged the n.”
• “Poor teamwork, not a missing formula, sank the group practical, which is the process sense.”

Good to know

effective / poor teamwork; a teamwork task. Uncountable. Group: team. Close: cooperation. Trap: team-building. PE, projects, and orals. Working together, not a single star player.

Near in meaning

cooperation

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