coordinating

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of coordinate.

   The agency has been coordinating relief flights since the storm hit.

   Coordinating the colors of the curtains and rug took her a whole weekend.

   Note

   The -ing form carries every pattern of the verb, with or without an object. As a participle it can take one (an agency coordinating relief flights) or stand alone (a rug and curtains that are coordinating, simply matching). As a gerund it names the activity itself: coordinating is her strength. Before a noun, the same spelling often settles into the adjective "that coordinates".

2. 2
   adjective

   Joining, arranging, or managing things so that they work together.

   The two clauses are linked by a coordinating conjunction rather than a subordinating one.

   A small coordinating body keeps the regional offices from duplicating work.

   Similarsupervisory

   Note

   Grammar is where this adjective is most at home, fixed in the phrase coordinating conjunction: a word such as and, but, or, nor, for, so or yet that joins elements of equal rank. Its counterpart is the subordinating conjunction, like because or although, which makes one clause depend on another. Outside grammar it describes a body or role that organizes others, as in a coordinating committee.

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