coordinate

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See also: coördinate and co-ordinate

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun, adjective
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /koʊˈɔɹdənət/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /kəʊˈɔːdɪnɪt/, (fast speech) /ˈkwɔːdɪnɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /koʊˈɔɹdənɪt/, /ˈkɔɹdənɪt/
    • Audio (US):(file)
Verb
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /koʊˈɔɹdəˌneɪt/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /kəʊˈɔːdɪˌneɪt/, (fast speech) /ˈkwɔːdɪnˌneɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /koʊˈɔɹdəˌneɪt/, /ˈkɔɹdəˌneɪt/

Adjective

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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

Usage notes

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  • 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.

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Noun

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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 StatesWikisource:
      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.

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Verb

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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.
    • 2017 November 16, Jo Ellison, “Help: the gym has turned us into slobs”, in Financial Times[1]:
      As a fashion editor, I pay obsessive attention to my appearance. Even when I pretend to look insouciant, each look has been painfully considered. The right earrings, coordinating shoes, the careful symmetry of a well-balanced look — these are things that please me. The gym has crushed my sartorial ambitions.

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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coordinate

  1. feminine plural of coordinato

Participle

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coordinate f pl

  1. feminine plural of coordinato

Etymology 2

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Noun

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coordinate f

  1. plural of coordinata

Etymology 3

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Verb

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coordinate

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

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Spanish

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Verb

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coordinate

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