coordinate

• coördinate, co-ordinate

From Medieval Latin coordinatus, past participle of coordinare (“arrange together”), from Latin co- (“together”) + ordinare (“arrange”). See ordain and ordinate.

• Noun, adjective
  • (Canada) IPA^(key): /koʊˈɔɹdənət/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /koʊˈɔɹdənɪt/, /ˈkɔɹdənɪt/

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• Verb
  • (Canada) IPA^(key): /koʊˈɔɹdəˌneɪt/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /koʊˈɔɹdəˌneɪt/, /ˈkɔɹdəˌneɪt/

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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

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.

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 States‎^Wikisource:

     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.

• coordinate system

• axis

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).

• coordination, co-ordination
• coordinator, co-ordinator
• coordinatize

• coordinately, coördinately
• coordinateness, coördinateness
• coordinative, coördinative
• uncoordinated, uncoördinated

• coördinate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• coordinate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

• carotenoid, coronadite, decoration

coordinate

1. Feminine plural of adjective coordinato.

coordinate f

1. plural of coordinata

coordinate

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