Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Cooperative effort by the members of a group or team to achieve a common goal.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Work done by a team of horses, oxen, etc., as distinguished from manual labor.
- noun Work done by the players collectively in a base-ball nine, a foot-ball eleven, etc.: as, the team-work of the nine is excellent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Work done by a team, as distinguished from that done by personal labor.
- noun Work done by a number of associates, usually each doing a clearly defined portion, but all subordinating personal prominence to the efficiency of the whole.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the
cooperative effort of ateam of people for acommon end
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun cooperative work done by a team (especially when it is effective)
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She writes: A small work group I observed recently heard the word teamwork and thought it meant that everyone should be in on everything, and everyone should discuss everything before anyone did anything.
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After all, having that kind of teamwork is something straight out of an African Safari hunter's dream.
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After all, having that kind of teamwork is something straight out of an African Safari hunter's dream.
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After all, having that kind of teamwork is something straight out of an African Safari hunter's dream.
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After all, having that kind of teamwork is something straight out of an African Safari hunter's dream.
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Supervisors observed a greater openness to change among employees, a general attitude improvement in teamwork, and identified broader options for promotion.
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Its very rightly said in this that teamwork is the key of success in business.
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An environment where teamwork is a must, collaboration encouraged, mentors and advisors are central to the program - and - the objective is for all to win as big as possible!
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If you believe people are motivated by a desire for credit, or a desire to avoid blame, teamwork is a blunting force.
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But med-school curricula are jammed full with the minutia of science and the latest technology; the cultivation of social and emotional sensitivity and teamwork is lacking.
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