Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In foot-ball, basket-ball, hockey, and similar sports, the art or practice of mutual assistance by members of one side.

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Examples

  • Quake III Team Arena ($30; Activision, 310-255-2000), a new expansion pack for action icon Quake III Arena, adds a number of intense team-play options to the already popular title.

    CYBERSCOPE 2008

  • I learn so much from trying to teach them the multiple layers of team-play, individual skill, and imaginative dynamic creativity.

    SWEATblog: Soccer season has begun again 2007

  • StoryU.S. cashes in its singlesZillgitt: Final day delivers team-play resurgence for Americans.

    USATODAY.com 2005

  • Even if I could not hit the ball at all and could only hold a stick in my hand, they thought that with my knowledge of the game and of our team-play I should give the best chance of success.

    MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003

  • Even if I could not hit the ball at all and could only hold a stick in my hand, they thought that with my knowledge of the game and of our team-play I should give the best chance of success.

    MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003

  • Even if I could not hit the ball at all and could only hold a stick in my hand, they thought that with my knowledge of the game and of our team-play I should give the best chance of success.

    MY EARLY LIFE WINSTON CHURCHILL 2003

  • Co-operation of effort is developed as well in team-play as in team-work, and the child becomes accustomed to act with thought of the group.

    Society Its Origin and Development Henry Kalloch Rowe

  • But the schools all along the line did help to give them ideals, did train them in team-play; did instil into them the principles of democracy and the love of country, so that when the need came they arose as one man to repel the foe.

    On the Firing Line in Education Adoniram Judson Ladd

  • Where the adequate interpretation of music involves a certain abnegation and unselfishness in the case of a soloist, and a large measure of team-play and co-operation in the case of concerted work, are not these again elements in inculcating an attitude that transcends self?

    Spirit and Music H. Ernest Hunt

  • The injuries received during any given period among a group of amateur boxers is negligible, and completely off-set by the advantages of keen physical and mental condition, not to mention the numerous invaluable lessons learned in combat, and team-play, the boys obtain in boxing.

    Board of Visitors minutes 1949

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