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Webster 1913 Edition


coordinate

co-ordinate

,

co-ör′di-nate

(-nāt)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Coordinated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Coordinating
.]
1.
To make coordinate; to put in the same order or rank;
as, to
coordinate
ideas in classification
.
2.
To give a common action, movement, or condition to; to regulate and combine so as to produce harmonious action; to adjust; to harmonize;
as, to
coordinate
muscular movements
.

Definition 2024


coordinate

coordinate

See also: coördinate and co-ordinate

English

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Adjective

coordinate (not comparable)

  1. Of the same rank; equal.
    • Law
      whether there was one Supreme Governor of the world, or many co-ordinate powers presiding over each country

Usage notes

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, so the spelling coordinate predominates.

Noun

coordinate (plural coordinates)

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

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

  1. (transitive) To synchronize (activities).
  2. (transitive) To match (objects, especially clothes).

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Italian

Adjective

coordinate

  1. feminine plural of coordinato

Noun

coordinate f

  1. plural of coordinata

Verb

coordinate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of coordinare
  2. second-person plural imperative of coordinare
  3. feminine plural of coordinato