Alternative forms

• co-ordination, coördination

Etymology

From Middle FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Middle French#COORDINATION coordination, from Late LatinCategory:English terms derived from Late Latin#COORDINATION coōrdinātiōnem (accusative of coōrdinātiō), from con- +‎ ōrdinātiō. Morphologically coordinate +‎ -ionCategory:English terms suffixed with -ion#COORDINATION.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəʊˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃən/Category:English 5-syllable words#COORDINATIONCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#COORDINATION

  • Audio (Southern England):

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    Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#COORDINATION
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /koʊˌoɹdɪˈneɪʃən/Category:English 5-syllable words#COORDINATIONCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#COORDINATION
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /kəʉˌoːdɪˈnæɪʃən/Category:English 5-syllable words#COORDINATIONCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#COORDINATION
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /kɐʉˌoːdəˈnæɪʃən/Category:English 5-syllable words#COORDINATIONCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#COORDINATION
• Rhymes: -eɪʃənCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪʃən#COORDINATIONCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪʃən/5 syllables#COORDINATION
• Hyphenation: co‧or‧di‧na‧tion

Noun

coordination (usually uncountable, plural coordinations)Category:English lemmas#COORDINATIONCategory:English nouns#COORDINATIONCategory:English uncountable nouns#COORDINATIONCategory:English countable nouns#COORDINATIONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#COORDINATIONCategory:Pages with entries#COORDINATIONCategory:Pages with 2 entries#COORDINATION

2. The act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.
   • 1919, Robert W. Chambers, In Secret:

     Then there's the State Service and the police and several other services. And there is no proper co-ordination, no single head for all these agencies.

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4. The resulting state of working together; cooperation; synchronization.
   • 1900, Irving Bacheller, Eben Holden, A Tale of the North Country:

     We stood dodging each other a moment with that unfortunate co-ordination of purpose men sometimes encounter when passing each other.

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6. The ability to coordinate one's senses and physical movements in order to act skillfully.

   I’m terrible at sports; I have no coordination.

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8. The state of being equal in rank or power.

   Synonym: coordinateness

   • 1833 April 10, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “United States of America—Captain B. Hall—Northern and Southern States—Democracy with Slavery—Quakers”, in H[enry] N[elson] C[oleridge], editor, Specimens of the Table Talk of the Late Samuel Taylor Coleridge. […], volume II, London: John Murray, […], published 1835, →OCLC, page 153:

     There are two possible modes of unity in a State; one by absolute co-ordination of each to all, and of all to each; the other by subordination of classes and offices.

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10. (grammarCategory:en:Grammar#COORDINATION) An equal joining together of two or more phrases or clauses, for example, using and, or, or but.
    • 2024, Geoffrey K. Pullum, The Truth About English Grammar, Polity Press, →ISBN, page 85:

      There’s a wealth of other complex facts about coordination that could be explored […] coordinations with but are limited to two coordinates […] ; yet coordinations with and or with or can have any number of coordinates, with the coordinator preceding just the last one […] or repeated before all except the first […]

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12. (chemistryCategory:en:Chemistry#COORDINATION) The reaction of one or more ligands with a metal ion to form a coordination compound.

Etymology

From LatinCategory:French terms derived from Latin#COORDINATION coōrdinātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.ɔʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃/Category:French 5-syllable words#COORDINATIONCategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#COORDINATION

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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  Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#COORDINATION

Noun

coordination f (plural coordinations)Category:French lemmas#COORDINATIONCategory:French nouns#COORDINATIONCategory:French countable nouns#COORDINATIONCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#COORDINATIONCategory:French feminine nouns#COORDINATIONCategory:Pages with entries#COORDINATIONCategory:Pages with 2 entries#COORDINATION

1. coordination

Further reading

• “coordination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012