coordinate
See also: coördinate and co-ordinate
English
Alternative forms
- coördinate, co-ordinate
Etymology
From Medieval Latin coordinātus, past participle of coordinare (“arrange together”), from Latin co- (“together”) + ordinare (“arrange”). See ordain and ordinate.
Pronunciation
- Noun, adjective
- (Canada) IPA(key): /koʊˈɔɹdənət/
- (UK) IPA(key): /kəʊˈɔːdɪnɪt/, (fast speech) /ˈkwɔːdɪnɪt/
- (US) IPA(key): /koʊˈɔɹdənɪt/, /ˈkɔɹdənɪt/
Audio (US) (file)
- Verb
- (Canada) IPA(key): /koʊˈɔɹdəˌneɪt/
- (UK) IPA(key): /kəʊˈɔːdɪˌneɪt/, (fast speech) /ˈkwɔːdɪnˌneɪt/
- (US) IPA(key): /koʊˈɔɹdəˌneɪt/, /ˈkɔɹdəˌneɪt/
Audio (US) (file)
Adjective
coordinate (not comparable)
- Of the same rank; equal.
- 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
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
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.
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- (humorous, in the plural) Coordinated clothes.
Derived terms
- Cartesian coordinate
- coordinate axis
- coordinate bond
- coordinate chart
- coordinate clause
- coordinate covalent bond
- coordinate map
- coordinate system
- coordinate term
- homogeneous coordinate
- Plücker coordinate
- space polar coordinate
- Talairach coordinate
Related terms
- axis
Translations
mathematics, cartography: a number representing the position of a point along a line, arc, or similar one-dimensional figure
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coordinated clothes
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Verb
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.
Derived terms
- color coordinate
- color-coordinate
- colour coordinate
- colour-coordinate
- coordinating conjunction
- coordination, co-ordination
- coordinatize
- coordinator, co-ordinator
Translations
to place in the same order or rank
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to synchronize
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to match
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See also
- coordinately, coördinately
- coordinateness, coördinateness
- coordinative, coördinative
- uncoordinated, uncoördinated
Further reading
- coördinate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- coordinate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
Anagrams
- carotenoid, coronadite, decoration
Italian
Adjective
coordinate
- feminine plural of coordinato
Participle
coordinate f pl
- feminine plural of coordinato
Noun
coordinate f
- plural of coordinata
Verb
coordinate
- inflection of coordinare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Anagrams
- cordoniate