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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024co•or•di•nate or co-or•di•nate/adj., n. koʊˈɔrdənɪt, -ˌneɪt; v. koʊˈɔrdəˌneɪt/USA pronunciation adj., n., v., -nat•ed, -nat•ing. adj. - of the same degree;
equal in importance. - Grammarof the same grammatical rank in a construction, as Jack and Jill in the phrase Jack and Jill, or got up and shook hands in the sentence He got up and shook hands. See coordinating conjunction.
n. [countable] - MathematicsMath. any of the numbers, or pairs of numbers, that point to the position of a point or line by reference to a fixed figure, system of lines, etc.:You feed the coordinates of the target into the computer and it fires the torpedo.
- coordinates, [plural] articles, as of clothing, that harmonize in color, material, or style.
v. [~ + object] - to arrange the parts of (an organization, activity, etc.) in proper position or sequence;
manage the elements of:She coordinated the relief efforts in the Sudan. - to make the parts of (the body) work together correctly or smoothly:The children suffering from that brain disease could not coordinate their movements.
co•or•di•nate•ly, adv. co•or•di•na•tor, n. [countable]See -ord-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024co•or•di•nate (adj., n. kō ôr′dn it, -dn āt′;v. kō ôr′dn āt′),USA pronunciation adj., n., v., -nat•ed, -nat•ing. adj. - of the same order or degree;
equal in rank or importance. - involving coordination.
- Mathematicsusing or pertaining to systems of coordinates.
- Grammarof the same rank in grammatical construction, as Jack and Jill in the phrase Jack and Jill, or got up and shook hands in the sentence He got up and shook hands.
n. - a person or thing of equal rank or importance;
an equal. - Mathematicsany of the magnitudes that serve to define the position of a point, line, or the like, by reference to a fixed figure, system of lines, etc.
- coordinates, articles of clothing, furniture, or the like, harmonizing in color, material, or style, designed to be worn or used together.
v.t. - to place or class in the same order, rank, division, etc.
- to place or arrange in proper order or position.
- to combine in harmonious relation or action.
v.i. - to become coordinate.
- to assume proper order or relation.
- to act in harmonious combination.
Also, co-or′di•nate. - co- + (sub)ordinate 1635–45
co•or′di•nate•ly, co-or′di•nate•ly, adv. co•or′di•nate•ness, co-or′di•nate•ness, n. co•or•di•na•tive, co-or•di•na•tive: (kō ôr′dn ā′tiv, -ôr′dn ə-),USA pronunciation adj. - 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged order, correlate.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: coordinate, co-ordinate vb /kəʊˈɔːdɪˌneɪt/- (transitive) to organize or integrate (diverse elements) in a harmonious operation
- to place (things) in the same class or order, or (of things) to be placed in the same class or order
- (intransitive) to work together, esp harmoniously
- (intransitive) to take or be in the form of a harmonious order
n /kəʊˈɔːdɪnɪt; -ˌneɪt/- any of a set of numbers that defines the location of a point in space
- a person or thing equal in rank, type, etc
adj /kəʊˈɔːdɪnɪt; -ˌneɪt/- of, concerned with, or involving coordination
- of the same rank, type, etc
- of or involving the use of coordinates: coordinate geometry
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