Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

expansion team

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English

Syllables
ex-pan-sion team
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A new team in a sports league, usually from a city that has not hosted a team in that league before, formed with the intention of satisfying the local population's demand for a local team.

Canadian usage; American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

expansion teams (plural)

Synonyms

expansion club

Questions

What does expansion team mean?
A new team in a sports league, usually from a city that has not hosted a team in that league before, formed with the intention of satisfying the local population's demand for a local team.

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