band (2) — OET

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noun

1 a band of robbers:

group, gang, mob, pack, troop, troupe, company, party, bevy, crew, body, working party, posse;

team, side, selection, line-up, array;

gathering, crowd, horde, throng, assembly, assemblage;

association, society, club, circle, fellowship, partnership, guild, lodge, order, fraternity, confraternity, brotherhood, sisterhood, sorority, union, alliance, affiliation, institution, league, federation, clique, set, coterie;

squad, corps, cadre, contingent, detachment, unit, detail, patrol, army, cohort;

informal bunch, gaggle;

rare sodality.

2 he plays the trumpet in a band:

(musical) group, pop group, ensemble, orchestra;

in Spain & Spanish-speaking countries conjunto;

informal combo.

verb

local people banded together to fight the company:

join (up), team up, join forces, pool resources, club together, get together, come together;

collaborate, cooperate, work together, pull together;

amalgamate, unite, form an alliance, form an association, combine, merge, affiliate, federate.

▷antonyms split up.

band (2) Oxford Dictionary of English