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coordinate
What does coordinate mean?
coordinate (verb): bring into common action, movement, or condition.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use coordinate in a sentence?
- Coordinate the painters, masons, and plumbers. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
- Coordinate our efforts. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
Where does coordinate come from?
From Medieval Latin coōrdinātus.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to coordinate
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “coordinate” mean?
to decide upon, from a set of options; to select
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bring into common action, movement, or condition
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to make (a person) angry, distressed, or unhappy
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to appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as
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