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team player

team player noun: a person who can function effectively with others in a group, sharing information and striving towards a common goal.

Noun

team player (plural team players)

  1. A person who can function effectively with others in a group, sharing information and striving towards a common goal.
    • If you’re not seen as a team player, you won’t have the support of your colleagues when problems arise.2012 October 17, Jacquelyn Smith, “14 Bad Habits That Can Cost You Your Job”, in Forbes, retrieved 20 Nov 2015
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see team, player.

Forms of team player

pluralteam players

Questions about team player

What does team player mean?
Team player means a person who can function effectively with others in a group, sharing information and striving towards a common goal.
What part of speech is team player?
Team player is a noun.
What is the plural of team player?
The plural of team player is team players.

Words near team player in the dictionary

  1. team handball
  2. Team Human
  3. Team Jacob
  4. team ministries
  5. team ministry
  6. team player
  7. team players
  8. team pursuit
  9. team pursuits
  10. team sheet
  11. team sheets

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