CO-ORDINATE


Meaning of CO-ORDINATE in English

also coordinate

(~d)

1.

If you ~ an activity, you organize the various people and things involved in it.

Government officials visited the earthquake zone on Thursday morning to ~ the relief effort.

VERB: V n

~d

...a rapid and well ~d international rescue operation.

ADJ

co-ordinator (co-ordinators)

...the party’s campaign co-ordinator, Mr Peter Mandelson.

N-COUNT: usu with supp

2.

If you ~ clothes or furnishings that are used together, or if they ~, they are similar in some way and look nice together.

She’ll show you how to ~ pattern and colours...

Tie it with fabric bows that ~ with other furnishings...

Colours and looks must fit the themes of the seasons so that the shops ~ well.

...curtains and co-ordinating bed covers.

V-RECIP: V pl-n, V with n, pl-n V, V-ing

3.

Co-ordinates are pieces of clothing or soft furnishings which are similar and which are intended to be worn or used together.

...new lingerie ~s.

N-PLURAL

4.

If you ~ the different parts of your body, you make them work together efficiently to perform particular movements.

They spend several weeks each year undergoing intensive treatment which enables them to coordinate their limbs better.

VERB: V n

5.

The ~s of a point on a map or graph are the two sets of numbers or letters that you need in order to find that point. (TECHNICAL)

Can you give me your ~s?

N-COUNT: usu pl

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