noun phrase · neutral
research team
UK/rɪˈsɜːtʃ tiːm/US/rɪˈsɜːrtʃ tiːm/re·SEARCH·TEAM
The group of people who carry out a research project, including researchers and assistants.
Examples
“The research team collected samples over six months.”
“Our research team included a statistician to analyse the data.”
“Communication within the research team is essential for fieldwork.”
Band 8 sentence
“The interdisciplinary research team combined expertise from biology and engineering to design the prototype.”
Collocations
- lead the research team
- join the research team
Word family
Common mistakes
researchers team→research team
team of researcher→team of researchers
Say it for a higher band
5group of researchers→6researchers team→7+research team
Synonyms
research group
Easily confused
research group
“Our research group meets weekly to discuss long-term projects.”
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