coordination
- 1The act of making different people or things work together toward a goal.
Like getting everyone in a group to do their part at the right time.
The coordination of the school trip took weeks of planning.
Good coordination between the teachers made the event run smoothly.
Similarorganization, orchestration, management, integration, synchronization
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- 2A state in which people or things work together well.
Like a choir singing in time, with all the voices fitting together.
There was good coordination between the two teams during the game.
The dancers moved with perfect coordination.
Similarcooperation, teamwork, collaboration, synchronization, harmony
Oppositedisorganization, discord
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- 3The ability to make your body move smoothly and do things well.
Like your hands and eyes working as a team to catch a ball.
Catching the ball takes good hand-eye coordination.
Her coordination improved after months of practice.
Similardexterity, agility, control, balance
Oppositeclumsiness, awkwardness
- 4Joining two or more equal words or word groups using words like 'and', 'or', or 'but'.
Like linking two train cars of the same size so they move as one.
We used coordination to connect 'cats' and 'dogs' in the list.
Coordination lets us join two short sentences into one using 'and'.
Oppositesubordination
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- 5The state of being equal to others in rank or power.
The new law set up coordination between the two courts instead of putting one above the other, so neither can change the other's decisions.
For years the king stood over the church leaders, but later thinkers argued for coordination, with each side equal in power.
Oppositesubordination
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- 6A reaction where small molecules or ions attach to a metal ion to form a new compound.
Like small magnets sticking to one larger central magnet to build a single piece.
During coordination, water molecules attach to the copper ion.
Coordination joins the metal ion with surrounding molecules to make a stable compound.
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Origin
It comes from Late Latin coōrdinātiō, built from con- and ōrdinātiō. English got it through Middle French coordination.