coordinate

• coördinate, co-ordinate

From Medieval Latin coordinātus, past participle of coordinare (“arrange together”), from Latin co- (“together”) + ordinare (“arrange”), equivalent to co- +‎ ordinate. See ordain and ordinate.

Noun, adjective

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /koʊˈɔɹdənət/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəʊˈɔːdɪnɪt/, (fast speech) /ˈkwɔːdɪnɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /koʊˈɔɹdənɪt/, /ˈkɔɹdənɪt/

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Verb

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /koʊˈɔɹdəˌneɪt/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəʊˈɔːdɪˌneɪt/, (fast speech) /ˈkwɔːdɪnˌneɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /koʊˈɔɹdəˌneɪt/, /ˈkɔɹdəˌneɪt/

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coordinate (not comparable)

1. Of the same rank; equal.

   Hyponym: cohyponymous

   two coordinate terms

   • 1745, Edmund Law, Considerations on the State of the World with regard to the Theory of Religion:

     whether there was one Supreme Governor of the world, or many co-ordinate powers presiding over each country

• The usual pronunciation of ‘oo’ is /uː/ or /ʊ/. The dieresis in the spelling coördinate emphasizes that the second o begins a separate syllable. However, the dieresis is becoming increasingly rare in US English typography, and was never common elsewhere, so the spelling coordinate predominates.

coordinate (plural coordinates)

1. (mathematics, cartography, astronomy) A number representing the position of a point along a line, arc, or similar one-dimensional figure.

   Give me your coordinates and we'll come and rescue you.

2. Something that is equal to another thing.
   • 1851, John C. Calhoun, A Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United States‎^Wikisource:

     These are coordinates; because each, in the sphere of its powers, is equal to, and independent of the others; and because the three united make the government.

3. (humorous, in the plural) Coordinated clothes.

• axis

coordinate (third-person singular simple present coordinates, present participle coordinating, simple past and past participle coordinated)

1. (transitive) To place in the same order or rank.

   Antonym: subordinate

2. (transitive, intransitive) To synchronize (activities).

   It can be difficult to coordinate movement of both legs after an operation.

   I was playing tennis for the first time, and it was difficult to coordinate.

3. (transitive, intransitive) To match (objects, especially clothes).

   The outfit you're wearing doesn't coordinate.

• coordinately, coördinately
• coordinateness, coördinateness
• coordinative, coördinative
• uncoordinated, uncoördinated

• “coördinate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “coordinate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

• decoration, Coronatide, coronadite, carotenoid

coordinate

1. feminine plural of coordinato

coordinate f pl

1. feminine plural of coordinato

coordinate f

1. plural of coordinata

coordinate

1. inflection of coordinare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

• cordoniate

coordinate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of coordinar combined with te