No. 571 in Estonian
koondis
A team or squad, typically representing a country or organization.
In a sentence
Eesti jalgpalli koondis mängis eile suurepäraselt.
The Estonian football team played excellently yesterday.
In this sentence, 'koondis' is used to denote a national sports team representing a country.
Koondis kogunes enne turniiri algust treeninglaagrisse.
The team gathered in a training camp before the tournament started.
Here, 'koondis' refers to a group of players assembled to form a team for a specific event.
Rahvaesindus on omamoodi poliitiline koondis.
A delegation can be considered a kind of political team.
In this usage, 'koondis' metaphorically describes a collection of individuals working together towards a shared goal.
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