team (up)

verb

Definition of team (up)next
as in to cooperate
to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end the television broadcast networks will be teaming up for joint coverage of the event

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for team (up)
  1. cooperate
  2. collaborate
  3. unite
Verb
  • The sheriff's office added that Butler showed no signs of intoxication during the incident and cooperated with authorities.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Every backyard astronomer should be able to see it without any special equipment (if the weather cooperates).
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 3 July 2026
Definition of cooperate
Verb
  • Project work can assess how students communicate, collaborate and adapt, as well as judging the quality of the final submission.
    — Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • Spindle said the Samueli Foundation has launched a third fund, OC Plus, that’s aimed at helping local nonprofits collaborate on projects that might be too big, or too complex, for a single nonprofit.
    — Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 10 July 2026
Definition of collaborate
Verb
  • Instead, rival parties united in dismissing his actions as a stunt, leaving his only opponent to be a garbage-can wearing comedian whose policies include forcing rule-breaking cyclists to ride unicycles.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 9 July 2026
  • The fact that the fourth Dalai Lama was born in Mongolia empowered his successor to unite the territory in the 17th century.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026
Definition of unite
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“Team (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/team%20%28up%29. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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