coordinate
Part of speech: adj
noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: astronomy
cartography
geography
mathematics
natural-sciences
sciences
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.
Base: ōrdinō
Affixes: co-
Inflected forms:
form: coördinate
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: co-ordinate
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: coordinates
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: coördinate
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: co-ordinate
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: coordinates
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: coordinating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: coordinated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: coordinated
pos: verb
tags: past
form: coördinate
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: co-ordinate
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Of the same rank; equal.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: two coordinate terms
whether there was one Supreme Governor of the world, or many co-ordinate powers presiding over each country
gloss: A number representing the position of a point along a line, arc, or similar one-dimensional figure.
pos: noun
examples: Give me your coordinates and we'll come and rescue you.
What makes Doveland so fascinating is that there are no records of a town with such a name, the town was not renamed or altered its zoning, and there is no map of the state that includes the coordinates of a town called Doveland, Wisconsin. Yet people claim they remember the town, had friends or relatives who lived there, have visited it, and a few folks have souvenirs to prove they have been to Doveland.
gloss: Something that is equal to another thing.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: Coordinated clothes.
pos: noun
tags: humorous
in-plural
gloss: To place in the same order or rank.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To synchronize (activities).
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: 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.
gloss: To match (objects, especially clothes).
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: The outfit you're wearing doesn't coordinate.
As a fashion editor, I pay obsessive attention to my appearance. Even when I pretend to look insouciant, each look has been painfully considered. The right earrings, coordinating shoes, the careful symmetry of a well-balanced look — these are things that please me. The gym has crushed my sartorial ambitions.
Related words: axis
coordinately
coördinately
coordinateness
coördinateness
coordinative
coördinative
uncoordinated
uncoördinated
Derived words: 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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