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coordinates

coordinates is the plural of coordinate.

coordinates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of coordinate.

Meaning of coordinate

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.
  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.

See all 7 meanings of coordinate

Phrases with coordinates

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Questions about coordinates

What is coordinates the plural of?
Coordinates is the plural of coordinate.

Words near coordinates in the dictionary

  1. Coordinated Mars Time
  2. Coordinated Universal Time
  3. coordinatedly
  4. coordinately
  5. coordinateness
  6. coordinates
  7. coordinatewise
  8. coordinating
  9. coordinating conjunction
  10. coordinating conjunctions
  11. coordinatingly

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