🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

팀플레이어

Pronunciation / Transliteration: timpeulleieo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Team-player/ˈtiːmˌpleɪ.ər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"우리 회사는 진정한 팀플레이어를 원합니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who willingly works cooperatively with others as part of a group.

    "To succeed in this collaborative department, you need to be a true team-player."
  2. 2

    An individual who prioritizes collective group success and harmony over individual recognition or personal ambition.

    "She proved herself to be a reliable team-player by stepping in to cover her colleague's shifts during the crisis."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the noun 'team' (from Old English 'tēam', meaning offspring, lineage, or group of beasts of burden) and 'player' (from Old English 'plegian', meaning to exercise or play). The compound term emerged in twentieth-century sports culture before being widely adopted into corporate and professional environments to denote cooperative behavior.

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