What does "coordination" mean?
The act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.
Coordination
/kəʊˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃən/ noun
noun ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.
- Grammar: coordination is listed as noun.
- Nearest alternatives: ability, accommodation, accounting, adaptation.
- Useful contrasts: misaligned activities, asynergy, ataxia.
- Usage evidence: The information presented in Kelly's paper on color coordination is seen to be of use in building up an alternative theory.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect. uncountable, usually
"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."
- 2 the regulation of diverse elements into an integrated and harmonious operation wordnet
- 3 The resulting state of working together; cooperation; synchronization. uncountable, usually
"We stood dodging each other a moment with that unfortunate co-ordination of purpose men sometimes encounter when passing each other."
- 4 being of coordinate importance, rank, or degree wordnet
- 5 The ability to coordinate one's senses and physical movements in order to act skillfully. uncountable, usually
"I’m terrible at sports; I have no coordination."
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- 6 the skillful and effective interaction of movements wordnet
- 7 The state of being equal in rank or power. uncountable, usually
"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."
- 8 the grammatical relation of two constituents having the same grammatical form wordnet
- 9 An equal joining together of two or more phrases or clauses, for example, using and, or, or but. uncountable, usually
"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 […]"
- 10 The reaction of one or more ligands with a metal ion to form a coordination compound. uncountable, usually
Example
"The information presented in Kelly's paper on color coordination is seen to be of use in building up an alternative theory."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "coordination"?
Common synonyms include: ability, accommodation, accounting, adaptation, address, adeptness.
How do you use "coordination" in a sentence?
The information presented in Kelly's paper on color coordination is seen to be of use in building up an alternative theory.
How do you pronounce "coordination"?
Pronounced /kəʊˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃən/.
Etymology
From Middle French coordination, from Late Latin coōrdinātiōnem (accusative of coōrdinātiō), from con- + ōrdinātiō. Morphologically coordinate + -ion.