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”), equivalent to co- +‎ ordinate. 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/

  • Audio (US):

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Adjective

coordinate (not comparable)

1. Of the same rank; equal.

   Hyponym: cohyponymous

   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.

Derived terms

• hexacoordinate
• incoordinate
• nonacoordinate
• noncoordinate
• pentacoordinate
• tetracoordinate
• tricoordinate

 

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

• 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
• Plücker coordinate
• space polar coordinate
• supercoordinate
• 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

• Afrikaans: koördinaat
• Arabic: تَنْسِيق m (tansīq), إِحْدَاثِيّ m (ʔiḥdāṯiyy)
• Armenian: կոորդինատ (hy) (koordinat)
• Bengali: স্থানাঙ্ক (bn) (sthanaṅko)
• 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)
• Hebrew: קואורדינטה
• 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.

   • 2017 November 16, Jo Ellison, “Help: the gym has turned us into slobs”, in Financial Times‎^[1]:

     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.

Derived terms

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

 

Translations

to place in the same order or rank

• Hungarian: mellérendel (hu)

to synchronize

• Armenian: համաձայնեցնել (hy) (hamajaynecʻnel), համակարգել (hy) (hamakargel), կոորդինացնել (hy) (koordinacʻnel)
• 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 (pl) 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) (hamajaynecʻnel)
• Dutch: doen bijeen passen, zorgen dat het bijeenpast
• Finnish: koordinoida (fi), sovittaa yhteen
• French: coordonner (fr)
• Hungarian: összeillik (hu)
• 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

• decoration, Coronatide, coronadite, carotenoid

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