Coordination Meaning
/kəʊˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃən/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.
nounThe resulting state of working together; cooperation; synchronization.
Sentence Examples
Coordination is extremely valuable.
Tom's a natural when it comes to games involving hand-eye coordination.
The aim was to improve the coordination of services.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Good hand-eye ____ is essential for catching a baseball in the outfield.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
____ is extremely valuable.
Word Origin & History
From Middle French coordination, from Late Latin coōrdinātiōnem (accusative of coōrdinātiō), from con- + ōrdinātiō. Morphologically coordinate + -ion.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Then there's the State Service and the police and several other services. And there is no proper co-ordination, no single head for all these agencies."
— 1919, Robert W. Chambers, In Secret:
"We stood dodging each other a moment with that unfortunate co-ordination of purpose men sometimes encounter when passing each other."
— 1900, Irving Bacheller, Eben Holden, A Tale of the North Country:
"There are two possible modes of unity in a State; one by absolute co-ordination of each to all, and of all to each; the other by subordination of classes and offices."
— 1833 April 10, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “United States of America—Captain B. Hall—Northern and Southern States—Democracy with Slavery—Quakers”, in H[enry] N[elson] C[oleridge], editor, Specimens of the Table Talk of the Late Samuel Taylor Coleridge. […], volume II, London: John Murray, […], published 1835, →OCLC, page 153:
"There’s a wealth of other complex facts about coordination that could be explored […] coordinations with but are limited to two coordinates […]; yet coordinations with and or with or can have any number of coordinates, with the coordinator preceding just the last one […] or repeated before all except the first […]"
— 2024, Geoffrey K. Pullum, The Truth About English Grammar, Polity Press, →ISBN, page 85:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Good hand-eye ____ is essential for catching a baseball in the outfield.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
____ is extremely valuable.