Coordination

/kəʊˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃən/ · noun

Meaning

The act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect..

Definitions by Sense

1. The act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.
2. The resulting state of working together; cooperation; synchronization.
3. The ability to coordinate one's senses and physical movements in order to act skillfully.
4. The state of being equal in rank or power.
5. (grammar) An equal joining together of two or more phrases or clauses, for example, using and, or, or but.
6. (chemistry) The reaction of one or more ligands with a metal ion to form a coordination compound.

Example Sentences

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.

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

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

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.

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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Word Forms

• coordinations
• co-ordination
• coördination

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