teams (up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of team (up)
as in collaborates
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 teams (up)
  1. collaborates
  2. cooperates
  3. unites
Verb
  • Watts regularly collaborates with stylist Jeanann Williams, who’s also worked with the likes of Meg Ryan, Leslie Mann and Abigail Spencer, among others.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The company operates as a specialist, non-bank senior lender with a team that collaborates across structured credit, investment banking and film and television finance.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of collaborates
Verb
  • Cycling is another option when the coastal weather cooperates.
    — Sierra Vandervort, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2026
  • If the horizon is clear and the weather cooperates, these are the evenings to circle on your skywatching calendar.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of cooperates
Verb
  • That alliance, which unites some groups previously opposed to each other, may put pressure on Abiy, according to Kjetil Tronvoll, an academic analyst of Ethiopia at Oslo New University College.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The full moon in Aries unites with defiant Uranus retrograde in Gemini, dreamy Neptune retrograde in Aries, and evocative Pluto retrograde in Aquarius.
    — Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of unites
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“Teams (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teams%20%28up%29. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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