# coordinator

Pronunciation: US say "koh-OR-di-nay-ter" /koʊˈɔɹdəˌneɪtɚ/; UK say "koh-AW-di-nay-tuh" /kəʊˈɔːdɪneɪtə/

## Noun

1. A person or thing that coordinates, organizing separate people, parts, or activities so that they work together.
   - Simple: A person or thing that organizes different people or parts so they work together well.
   - _Hospital discharge coordinators arrange home care, equipment, and follow-up visits before patients go home._
   - _In the database cluster, one server acts as the coordinator, telling the others when to commit each transaction._
2. An assistant coach responsible for one aspect of a team's play, such as the defense, the offense, or special teams.
   - Simple: An assistant coach who is in charge of one part of a team's play, such as defense or offense.
   - _The defensive coordinator called for an aggressive blitz on third down._
   - _After two losing seasons, the club replaced both of its coordinators._
3. A word from the grammatical class that links two or more items of equal syntactic rank, such as words, phrases, or clauses.
   - Simple: A small word that joins two equal parts of a sentence, like 'and' or 'but'.
   - _The coordinator 'or' connects the two clauses without making either one subordinate._
   - _English has a small set of coordinators, including 'and,' 'but,' and 'or.'_

## Origin

Formed from the word "coordinate" combined with the suffix "-or".

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