coordination

C1 Topic:People & Society

Also spelled co-ordination

US /koʊˌoɹdɪˈneɪʃən/ UK /kəʊˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #18616

Meanings

1

noun
The organizing of people or activities so they work well together.

The rescue effort needed close coordination between several agencies.
2

noun
The ability to control your body's movements smoothly and skillfully.

I'm terrible at sports because I have no coordination.
3

noun
The state of working together in a smooth, cooperative way.

The dancers moved in perfect coordination with one another.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the organizing of people or... cooperation

3 noun · the state of working... synchronization

Opposites

incoordinationsubordination

Word family

Forms coordinations

Derived forms discoordinationdyscoordinationheterocoordinationhexacoordinationhypercoordinationmicrocoordinationmiscoordinationmulticoordinationovercoordinationpentacoordinationpostcoordinationprecoordination

Related forms coordinated coordinatoruncoordinated

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coordination compound
a chemical compound organized around a central atom bound to surrounding atoms or groups

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle French coordination, from Late Latin coōrdinātiōnem (accusative of coōrdinātiō), from con- + ōrdinātiō. Morphologically coordinate + -ion.

coordination Middle French coōrdinātiōnem la-lat

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People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# coordination

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /koʊˌoɹdɪˈneɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /kəʊˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 18616

## Meanings
1. The organizing of people or activities so they work well together.
2. The ability to control your body's movements smoothly and skillfully.
3. The state of working together in a smooth, cooperative way.

## Examples
- The rescue effort needed close coordination between several agencies.
- I'm terrible at sports because I have no coordination.
- The dancers moved in perfect coordination with one another.

## Antonyms
- incoordination
- subordination

## Derived Forms
- discoordination
- dyscoordination
- heterocoordination
- hexacoordination
- hypercoordination
- microcoordination
- miscoordination
- multicoordination
- overcoordination
- pentacoordination
- postcoordination
- precoordination

## Related Forms
- coordinated
- coordinator
- uncoordinated

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: coordination
- Root: coōrdinātiōnem

## Etymology
From Middle French coordination, from Late Latin coōrdinātiōnem (accusative of coōrdinātiō), from con- + ōrdinātiō. Morphologically coordinate + -ion.

## AI Etymology
Coordination comes from Middle French coordination, from Late Latin coōrdinātiōnem (accusative of coōrdinātiō), from con- + ōrdinātiō. Morphologically coordinate + -ion. The historical chain includes coordination (Middle French) and coōrdinātiōnem (Late Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as discoordination, dyscoordination, heterocoordination, and hexacoordination and related forms such as coordinated, coordinator, and uncoordinated. In present use it covers the organizing of people or activities so they work well together, the ability to control your body's movements smoothly and skillfully, and the state of working together in a smooth, cooperative way.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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