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/

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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

coordinate (not comparable)

1. 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)

1. (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.

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.

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

• Arabic: تَنْسِيق‎ m (tansīq), إِحْدَاثِيّ‎ m (ʔiḥdāṯiyy)
• Armenian: կոորդինատ (hy) (koordinat)
• Bulgarian: координа́та f (koordináta)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 坐標／坐标 (zh) (zuòbiāo)

• Czech: souřadnice (cs) f
• Danish: koordinat (da) n
• Dutch: coördinaat (nl) m
• Esperanto: koordinato
• Finnish: koordinaatti (fi)
• French: coordonnée (fr) f
• Georgian: კოორდინატი (ḳoordinaṭi)
• German: Koordinate (de) f
• Greek: συντεταγμένη (el) f (syntetagméni)
• Hungarian: koordináta (hu)
• Icelandic: hnit (is) n
• Irish: comhordán
• Italian: coordinata (it) f
• Japanese: 座標 (ja) (ざひょう, zahyō)
• Kazakh: координат (koordinat)
• Korean: 좌표(座標) (ko) (jwapyo)
• Kyrgyz: координат (koordinat)
• Latin: coōrdināta f
• Maori: taururuku
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: koordinat (no) m

  Nynorsk: koordinat m

• Persian: مختصات‎ (fa) (moxtasât)
• Polish: współrzędna (pl) f, koordynata f
• Portuguese: coordenada (pt) f
• Romanian: coordonată (ro) f, coordonate f pl
• Russian: координа́та (ru) f (koordináta)
• Scottish Gaelic: co-chomharra m
• Spanish: coordenada (es) f
• Swedish: koordinat (sv) c
• Tagalog: katayuwat
• Turkish: koordinat (tr)
• Vietnamese: tọa độ (vi), toạ độ (vi) (座度)

coordinated clothes

• Finnish: yhteensopivat asut pl
• French: ^{(please verify)} coordonnées (fr) f pl
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} coordinati (it) m pl

Verb

coordinate (third-person singular simple present coordinates, present participle coordinating, simple past and past participle coordinated)

1. (transitive) To place in the same order or rank.

   Antonym: subordinate

2. (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.

3. (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

• Hungarian: mellérendel

to synchronize

• Armenian: համաձայնեցնել (hy) (hamajaynecʿnel), համակարգել (hy) (hamakargel), կոորդինացնել (hy) (koordinacʿnel)
• Belarusian: каардынава́ць impf or pf (kaardynavácʹ)
• Bulgarian: съгласувам (bg) (sǎglasuvam), координирам (bg) (koordiniram)
• Czech: koordinovat
• Danish: koordinere
• Dutch: coördineren (nl)
• Finnish: koordinoida (fi)
• French: coordonner (fr)
• Galician: coordinar (gl)
• Georgian: კოორდინაცია (ḳoordinacia)
• German: koordinieren (de), abstimmen (de)
• Hungarian: koordinál (hu), összehangol (hu), egyeztet (hu), összhangba hoz
• Italian: coordinare (it), accordarsi (it)
• Korean: 조화시키다 (johwasikida)
• Manx: co-oardee
• Persian: هماهنگ کردن‎ (hamâhang kardan)
• Polish: koordynować (pl) impf, skoordynować pf
• Portuguese: coordenar (pt)
• Romanian: coordona (ro)
• Russian: координи́ровать (ru) impf (koordinírovatʹ), скоордини́ровать (ru) pf (skoordinírovatʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: co-òrdaich
• Spanish: coordinar (es)
• Swedish: koordinera (sv)
• Ukrainian: координува́ти impf or pf (koordynuváty)
• Vietnamese: điều phối (vi), hợp tác (vi), điều hợp, phối hợp (vi)

to match

• Armenian: համաձայնեցնել (hy) (hamajaynecʿnel)
• Dutch: doen bijeen passen, zorgen dat het bijeenpast
• Finnish: koordinoida (fi), sovittaa yhteen
• French: coordonner (fr)
• Hungarian: összeillik
• Italian: essere coordinato
• Korean: 맞추다 (ko) (matchuda), 맞게 하다 (matge hada)
• Russian: согласо́вывать (ru) impf (soglasóvyvatʹ), согласова́ть (ru) pf (soglasovátʹ)
• Spanish: coordinar (es)

See also

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

Further reading

• “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.

Anagrams

• carotenoid, coronadite, decoration

Italian

Etymology 1

Adjective

coordinate

1. feminine plural of coordinato

Participle

coordinate f pl

1. feminine plural of coordinato

Etymology 2

Noun

coordinate f

1. plural of coordinata

Etymology 3

Verb

coordinate

1. inflection of coordinare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Anagrams

• cordoniate

Spanish

Verb

coordinate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of coordinar combined with te