Verb: coordinate kow'or-di-nut or kow'ord-nut
- Bring order and organization to
"Can you help me coordinate my files?";
- organize, organise [Brit]
- Bring into common action, movement, or condition
"coordinate our efforts"; "coordinate the painters, masons, and plumbers"; "coordinate his actions with that of his colleagues"
- Bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination
"coordinate the wheels of my car";
- align, ordinate [rare]
- Be co-ordinated
"These activities coordinate well"
- A number that identifies a position relative to an axis
"The GPS provided the coordinates of the lost hiker";
- co-ordinate
- Of equal importance, rank, or degree
"The two departments had coordinate authority in decision-making"
Derived forms: coordinated, co-ordinates, coordinates, coordinating
See also: equal
Type of: accord, adjust, agree, arrange, care, concord, consort [archaic], correct, deal, fit in, handle, harmonise [Brit], harmonize, manage, number, set, set up
Encyclopedia: Coordinate