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Webster 1913 Edition


coordinate

co-ordinate

,

co-ör′di-nate

(-nāt)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Coordinated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Coordinating
.]
1.
To make coordinate; to put in the same order or rank;
as, to
coordinate
ideas in classification
.
2.
To give a common action, movement, or condition to; to regulate and combine so as to produce harmonious action; to adjust; to harmonize;
as, to
coordinate
muscular movements
.

Definition 2024


coördinate

coördinate

See also: coordinate and co-ordinate

English

Verb

coördinate (third-person singular simple present coördinates, present participle coördinating, simple past and past participle coördinated)

  1. (rare) Alternative spelling of coordinate

Noun

coördinate (plural coördinates)

  1. (rare) Alternative spelling of coordinate

Adjective

coördinate (comparative more coördinate, superlative most coördinate)

  1. (rare) Alternative spelling of coordinate
    • 1921, Edward Sapir, Language
      The radical element A (“to cut up”), before entering into combination with the coördinate element B (“to sit”), is itself compounded with two nominal elements or element-groups—an instrumentally used stem (F) (“knife”), which may be freely used as the radical element of noun forms but cannot be employed as an absolute noun in its given form, and an objectively used group—(E) + C + d (“black cow or bull”).

Usage notes

See main entry, coordinate.

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