coordinate
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Etymology edit
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 edit
- 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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Adjective edit
coordinate (not comparable)
- 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 edit
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.
Noun edit
coordinate (plural coordinates)
- (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.
- 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.
- (humorous, in the plural) Coordinated clothes.
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Verb edit
coordinate (third-person singular simple present coordinates, present participle coordinating, simple past and past participle coordinated)
- (transitive) To place in the same order or rank.
- Antonym: subordinate
- (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.
- (transitive, intransitive) To match (objects, especially clothes).
- The outfit you're wearing doesn't coordinate.
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See also edit
- coordinately, coördinately
- coordinateness, coördinateness
- coordinative, coördinative
- uncoordinated, uncoördinated
Further reading edit
- “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.
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Etymology 1 edit
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coordinate
Participle edit
coordinate f pl
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Noun edit
coordinate f
- plural of coordinata
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
coordinate
- inflection of coordinare:
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coordinate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of coordinar combined with te