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coördinate

coördinate verb: dated spelling of coordinate. Also the rare spelling of coordinate.

Verb

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

  1. Dated spelling of coordinate.
    • With Facebook and Twitter and the like, the traditional relationship between political authority and popular will has been upended, making it easier for the powerless to collaborate, coördinate, and give voice to their concerns.2010 September 27, Malcolm Gladwell, “Small Change”, in The New Yorker
    • The housemates have several Discord channels, where they plan their weekly Dungeons & Dragons games, coördinate their food shopping, and discuss the childrens homeschooling.2024 March 18, Andrew Marantz, “О.К., Doomer”, in The New Yorker, page 51

Also used as

coördinate is also the rare spelling of coordinate.

Forms of coördinate

Verb
third-person singular presentcoördinates
present participlecoördinating
past participlecoördinated
pastcoördinated
Noun
pluralcoördinates
Adjective
comparativemore coördinate
superlativemost coördinate

Words formed from coördinate

Questions about coördinate

What does coördinate mean?
Coördinate means dated spelling of coordinate.
What part of speech is coördinate?
Coördinate is a verb.
What is the past tense of coördinate?
The past tense of coördinate is coördinated.

Words near coördinate in the dictionary

  1. coöperatively
  2. coöperator
  3. coöperators
  4. coöpt
  5. coöptation
  6. coördinate
  7. coördinated
  8. coördinately
  9. coördinateness
  10. coördinates
  11. coördinating

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