"A team" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "A teams",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "A team (plural A teams)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Sports",
          "orig": "en:Sports",
          "parents": [
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            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The A team are playing away this Saturday."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The best of a set of teams in a single club."
      ],
      "id": "en-A_team-en-noun-dS3m-lz7",
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "best",
          "best"
        ],
        [
          "team",
          "team"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports) The best of a set of teams in a single club."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It looks like the A team are on duty tonight - I've never seen the hall cleared so quickly!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The group or team which performs its work most effectively; a very good team."
      ],
      "id": "en-A_team-en-noun-V79B-0hj",
      "links": [
        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ],
        [
          "effective",
          "effective"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) The group or team which performs its work most effectively; a very good team."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "15 51 34",
          "word": "A-team"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 23 64",
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          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He was then selected for the South African A team before making his international debut… https://web.archive.org/web/20150707130052/http://cricking.com/the-emergence-of-south-africas-black-cricketers/"
        },
        {
          "text": "NSW all-rounder Moises Henriques has been named captain of the Australia A team to play England in Hobart next week. http://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/the-ashes/several-test-hopefuls-named-in-australia-a-squad-to-face-england-but-george-bailey-not-included/story-e6frf3gl-1226748833889"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A country's reserve team or development squad, comprising the best players not selected in the national team."
      ],
      "id": "en-A_team-en-noun-d0DE4Fxo",
      "links": [
        [
          "cricket",
          "cricket"
        ],
        [
          "rugby",
          "rugby"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cricket, rugby) A country's reserve team or development squad, comprising the best players not selected in the national team."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "cricket",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "rugby",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "A team"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "A teams",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "A team (plural A teams)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Sports"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The A team are playing away this Saturday."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The best of a set of teams in a single club."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "best",
          "best"
        ],
        [
          "team",
          "team"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports) The best of a set of teams in a single club."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It looks like the A team are on duty tonight - I've never seen the hall cleared so quickly!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The group or team which performs its work most effectively; a very good team."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ],
        [
          "effective",
          "effective"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) The group or team which performs its work most effectively; a very good team."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He was then selected for the South African A team before making his international debut… https://web.archive.org/web/20150707130052/http://cricking.com/the-emergence-of-south-africas-black-cricketers/"
        },
        {
          "text": "NSW all-rounder Moises Henriques has been named captain of the Australia A team to play England in Hobart next week. http://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/the-ashes/several-test-hopefuls-named-in-australia-a-squad-to-face-england-but-george-bailey-not-included/story-e6frf3gl-1226748833889"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A country's reserve team or development squad, comprising the best players not selected in the national team."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cricket",
          "cricket"
        ],
        [
          "rugby",
          "rugby"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(cricket, rugby) A country's reserve team or development squad, comprising the best players not selected in the national team."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "cricket",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "rugby",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "A-team"
    }
  ],
  "word": "A team"
}