coordination

See also: coördination and co-ordination

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coordination

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Alternative forms

co-ordination, coördination

Etymology

From Middle French coordination, from Late Latin coōrdinātiōnem (accusative of coōrdinātiō), from con- +‎ ōrdinātiō. Morphologically coordinate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəʊˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(US, Canada) IPA^(key): /koʊˌɔɹdɪˈneɪʃən/
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /kəʉˌoːdɪˈnæɪʃən/
Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Hyphenation: co‧or‧di‧na‧tion

Noun

coordination (usually uncountable, plural coordinations)

The act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.
- 1919, Robert W. Chambers, In Secret:
  Then there's the State Service and the police and several other services. And there is no proper co-ordination, no single head for all these agencies.
The resulting state of working together; cooperation; synchronization.
- 1900, Irving Bacheller, Eben Holden, A Tale of the North Country:
  We stood dodging each other a moment with that unfortunate co-ordination of purpose men sometimes encounter when passing each other.
The ability to coordinate one's senses and physical movements in order to act skillfully.
I’m terrible at sports; I have no coordination.
The state of being equal in rank or power.
Synonym: coordinateness
- 1833 April 10, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “United States of America—Captain B. Hall—Northern and Southern States—Democracy with Slavery—Quakers”, in H[enry] N[elson] C[oleridge], editor, Specimens of the Table Talk of the Late Samuel Taylor Coleridge. […], volume II, London: John Murray, […], published 1835, →OCLC, page 153:
  There are two possible modes of unity in a State; one by absolute co-ordination of each to all, and of all to each; the other by subordination of classes and offices.
(grammar) An equal joining together of two or more phrases or clauses, for example, using and, or, or but.
- 2024, Geoffrey K. Pullum, The Truth About English Grammar, Polity Press, →ISBN, page 85:
  There’s a wealth of other complex facts about coordination that could be explored […] coordinations with but are limited to two coordinates […] ; yet coordinations with and or with or can have any number of coordinates, with the coordinator preceding just the last one […] or repeated before all except the first […]
(chemistry) The reaction of one or more ligands with a metal ion to form a coordination compound.

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