coordinate

To place in the same order or rank.

Adjective

  1. Of the same rank; equal.
    • two coordinate terms
    • whether there was one Supreme Governor of the world, or many co-ordinate powers presiding over each country - 1745, Edmund Law, Considerations on the State of the World with regard to the Theory of Religion:

Origin

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.

Forms

coördinate co-ordinate

Derived

hexacoordinate incoordinate nonacoordinate noncoordinate pentacoordinate tetracoordinate tricoordinate

Noun

  1. 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.
    • 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...
  2. Something that is equal to another thing.
    • 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. - 1851, John C. Calhoun, A Discourse on the Constitution...
  3. Coordinated clothes.

Origin

From a substantivation of the above adjective, see Etymology 1 and -ate (noun-forming suffix) for more. Compare French coordonné.

Forms

coordinates coördinate co-ordinate

Related

axis

Derived

bicoordinate brainordinate Cartesian coordinate chronocoordinate color coordinate 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

Verb

  1. To place in the same order or rank.

    Antonyms: subordinate

  2. 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.
  3. To match (objects, especially clothes).
    • 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...

Origin

From Medieval Latin coōrdinātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more. Compare French coordonner.

Forms

coordinates coordinating coordinated coördinate co-ordinate

Related

coordinately coördinately coordinateness coördinateness coordinative coördinative uncoordinated uncoördinated

Derived

color-coordinate color coordinate colour-coordinate colour coordinate coordinating conjunction coordinatingly coordination co-ordination coordinatize coordinator co-ordinator decoordinate discoordinate miscoordinate nocoordinating overcoordinate pentacoordinating