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A-team

A-team is the alternative form of A team.

Meaning of A team

Noun

A team (plural A teams)

  1. The best of a set of teams in a single club.
    • The A team are playing away this Saturday.
  2. (informal) A group or team which performs its work most effectively; a very good team.
    • It looks like the A team are on duty tonight - I've never seen the hall cleared so quickly!
    Synonyms:
    Top team, first team, varsity team
  3. A country's reserve team or development squad, comprising the best players not selected in the national team.
    • He was then selected for the South African A team before making his international debut.

Forms of A-team

pluralA-teams

Questions about A-team

What is A-team the alternative form of?
A-team is the alternative form of A team.

Words near A-team in the dictionary

  1. a-stems
  2. A-stories
  3. A-story
  4. A-T
  5. A-t'u-shih
  6. A-team
  7. A-teamer
  8. A-teams
  9. a-ten-shun
  10. A-tier
  11. a-tilt

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