Word.ws English Dictionary

co-ordinate

co-ordinate is the alternative spelling of coordinate.

Meaning of coordinate

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.
    Antonyms:
    subordinate
  2. (ambitransitive) To synchronize (activities).
    • It can be difficult to coordinate movement of both legs after an operation.
  3. (ambitransitive) To match (objects, especially clothes).
    • The outfit you're wearing doesn't coordinate.

See all 7 meanings of coordinate

Forms of co-ordinate

Verb
third-person singular presentco-ordinates
present participleco-ordinating
past participleco-ordinated
pastco-ordinated
Noun
pluralco-ordinates
Adjective
comparativemore co-ordinate
superlativemost co-ordinate

Phrases with co-ordinate

Questions about co-ordinate

What is co-ordinate the alternative spelling of?
Co-ordinate is the alternative spelling of coordinate.

Words near co-ordinate in the dictionary

  1. co-opting
  2. co-option
  3. co-options
  4. co-optive
  5. co-opts
  6. co-ordinate
  7. co-ordinate axes
  8. co-ordinate axis
  9. co-ordinated
  10. co-ordinately
  11. co-ordinateness

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: co-ordinate (page history and authors); coordinate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “co-ordinate.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/co-ordinate. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.