# coordination

Pronunciation: US say "koh-or-di-NAY-shuhn" /koʊˌɔɹdɪˈneɪʃən/; say "koh-aw-di-NAY-shuhn" UK /kəʊˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃən/, AUS /kəʉˌoːdɪˈnæɪʃən/

## Noun

1. The act of making different people or things work together for a shared goal or effect.
   - Simple: The act of making different people or things work together toward a goal.
   - _Successful disaster relief depends on the coordination of many agencies._
   - _The coordination of supply and delivery kept the warehouse running on schedule._
2. The resulting state of people or things working together; cooperation or synchronization.
   - Simple: A state in which people or things work together well.
   - _The smooth coordination among departments cut delivery times in half._
   - _Their coordination on the field came from years of practice together._
3. The ability to control your senses and physical movements together so you can act skillfully.
   - Simple: The ability to make your body move smoothly and do things well.
   - _Tasks like juggling require excellent coordination._
   - _Fatigue can reduce a driver's coordination and reaction time._
4. The equal joining of two or more phrases or clauses, typically with a word such as and, or, or but.
   - Simple: Joining two or more equal words or word groups using words like 'and', 'or', or 'but'.
   - _Coordination joins the two independent clauses with the conjunction 'and'._
   - _Using coordination, the writer linked three parallel phrases in a single line._
5. The condition of being equal in rank or power with others.
   - Simple: The state of being equal to others in rank or power.
   - _The federal design established coordination between the states, each equal in power._
   - _International law is often described as a law of coordination among sovereign states rather than one imposed from above._
6. A reaction in which one or more ligands bond to a metal ion, forming a coordination compound.
   - Simple: A reaction where small molecules or ions attach to a metal ion to form a new compound.
   - _Coordination of the metal ion with six ammonia ligands produces a stable complex._
   - _The blue color appears after coordination between copper and the surrounding water molecules._

## Origin

The word comes from Middle French coordination, from Late Latin coōrdinātiōnem, which was formed from con- plus ōrdinātiō. In English it can be analyzed as coordinate plus the suffix -ion.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/coordination (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).