English Explanatory Dictionary

coordinate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of the same rank; equal.
noun
  1. 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.
  3. Coordinated clothes.
verb
  1. To place in the same order or rank.
  2. To synchronize (activities).
  3. To match (objects, especially clothes).

Pronunciation

/kəʊˈɔː.dɪ.nɪt/ /ˈkwɔː.dɪ.nɪt/ /koʊˈɔɹ.də.nɪt/ /ˈkɔɹ.də.nɪt/ /ˈkwɔɹ.də.nɪt/ /-nət/ en-us-coordinate-noun.ogg /kəʊˈɔː.dɪˌneɪt/ /ˈkwɔː.dɪnˌneɪt/ /koʊˈɔɹ.dəˌneɪt/ /ˈkɔɹ.dəˌneɪt/ en-us-coordinate.ogg /kɵˈwɔ(r).ɖɪ.neʈ/

Word forms

coordinate coördinate co-ordinate coordinates coordinating coordinated

Etymology

From Medieval Latin coōrdinātus, perfect passive participle of coōrdinō (“arrange together”), from co- + ōrdinō, equivalent to co- + ordinate. See -ate (adjective-forming suffix) for more. See also ordain and ordinate.

Antonyms

subordinate

Related words

axis coordinately coördinately coordinateness coördinateness coordinative coördinative uncoordinated uncoördinated

Derived words

hexacoordinate incoordinate nonacoordinate noncoordinate pentacoordinate tetracoordinate tricoordinate bicoordinate brainordinate Cartesian coordinate chronocoordinate color coordinate system coordinate axis coordinate bond coordinate chart coordinate clause coordinate covalent bond coordinate map coordinate plane coordinate system coordinate term coordinatewise coordinatization eigencoordinate equicoordinate geocoordinate grayordinate homogeneous coordinate multicoordinate paleocoordinate Plücker coordinate space polar coordinate supercoordinate Talairach coordinate color coordinate color-coordinate colour-coordinate colour coordinate coordinating conjunction coordinatingly coordination co-ordination coordinatize coordinator co-ordinator decoordinate discoordinate miscoordinate nocoordinating overcoordinate pentacoordinating
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