MEANING
1. To organize activities or elements so that they work in relation to one another.
2. Equal in rank or status, or placed on the same level of relation.
3. A value or component used to specify a position within a reference system.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- coordinate efforts
- coordinate a response
On the page
She coordinated the search across both districts.
They coordinated their replies without agreeing on the explanation.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- coordinate
- Past tense
- coordinated
- Past participle
- coordinated
- Present participle
- coordinating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- coordinate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are coordinating
- Present perfect
- have/has coordinated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been coordinating
- Past
- coordinated
- Past continuous
- was/were coordinating
- Past perfect
- had coordinated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been coordinating
- Future
- will coordinate
- Future continuous
- will be coordinating
- Future perfect
- will have coordinated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been coordinating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: coordinate; coordinates; coordinated; coordinated; coordinating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: coordinates.
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