coordinate

Adjective

coordinate (not comparable)

1. Of the same rank; equal.
   • two coordinate terms
   • whether there was one Supreme Governor of the world, or many co-ordinate powers presiding over each country1745, Edmund Law, Considerations on the State of the World with regard to the Theory of Religion

Noun

coordinate (plural coordinates)

1. A number representing the position of a point along a line, arc, or similar one-dimensional figure.
   • Give me your coordinates and we'll come and rescue you.
   • What makes Doveland so fascinating is that there are no records of a town with such a name, the town was not renamed or altered its zoning, and there is no map of the state that includes the coordinates of a town called Doveland, Wisconsin. Yet people claim they remember the town, had friends or...2023 August 29, Lauren Dillon, “Doveland, Wisconsin: The Town That Wasn’t There”, in Historic Mysteries
2. Something that is equal to another thing.
   • These are coordinates; because each, in the sphere of its powers, is equal to, and independent of the others; and because the three united make the government.1851, John C. Calhoun, A Discourse on the Constitution and Government of the United Statesᵂⁱᵏⁱˢᵒᵘʳᶜᵉ
3. (humorous, in plural) Coordinated clothes.

Verb

UK/kəʊˈɔː.dɪˌneɪt/US/koʊˈɔɹ.dəˌneɪt/

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.
   • I was playing tennis for the first time, and it was difficult to coordinate.
3. (ambitransitive) To match (objects, especially clothes).
   • The outfit you're wearing doesn't coordinate.
   • As a fashion editor, I pay obsessive attention to my appearance. Even when I pretend to look insouciant, each look has been painfully considered. The right earrings, coordinating shoes, the careful symmetry of a well-balanced look — these are things that please me. The gym has crushed my sartorial...2017 November 16, Jo Ellison, “Help: the gym has turned us into slobs”, in Financial Times