coordinated

1. 1
   adjective

   Organized so that different people or parts work together smoothly toward a shared goal.

   Like an orchestra where every musician comes in at exactly the right moment.

   Emergency services launched a coordinated response to the flooding.

   Marketing and sales operated in a coordinated way throughout the quarter.

   Similarorganized, concerted, joint, unified, synchronized

   Oppositeuncoordinated, disorganized, haphazard, chaotic

2. 2
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of coordinate.

   The agency coordinated relief efforts after the earthquake.

   Volunteers coordinated the donation drive over the weekend.

   Note

   The verb form behind the 'working together' adjective. When a participle like coordinated stands before a noun, as in a coordinated attack, it shades into that adjective. The base verb can take an object or go without one, so both 'she coordinated the schedules' and 'the shirt coordinated with the trousers' work. Coordinate is also a noun and an adjective, but the -ed form always comes from the verb.

3. 3
   adjective

   Moving the body with grace and control, the different parts working together smoothly.

   Like a juggler keeping several balls in the air at once.

   The gymnast's coordinated movements made the whole routine look effortless.

   Toddlers gradually become more coordinated as they learn to walk and grab.

   Similargraceful, agile, nimble, deft, dexterous

   Oppositeuncoordinated, clumsy, awkward, ungainly

4. 4
   adjective

   Having one or more coordinate bonds, in which both shared electrons are provided by a single donor atom.

   The coordinated ligands surround the central metal atom in the complex.

   Ammonia acts as a coordinated donor, supplying both electrons to the new bond.

   Note

   A chemist's word, built on the coordinate bond, which is also called a dative bond. It is used mostly of what sits around a metal center: a ligand is said to be coordinated to the central metal atom of a complex, so the construction to watch for is coordinated to. Nothing is being organized here, which sets it apart from the everyday 'working together' sense.

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