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coordinating adjective [ kəʊˈɔːdɪneɪtɪŋ ]

• matching or harmonizing attractively.
• "a variety of coordinating colours"
• bringing the different elements of something complex into a harmonious and efficient relationship.
• "the coordinating committee has decided how to divide up the £7.5 million payment"

coordinate verb

• bring the different elements of (a complex activity or organization) into a harmonious or efficient relationship.
• "he had responsibility for coordinating London's transport services"
Similar: harmonize, correlate, interrelate, synchronize, bring together, fit together, mesh, dovetail, organize, arrange, order, systematize, concert,
• form a coordinate bond to (an atom or molecule).
• "the sodium atom is coordinated to two oxygen atoms"
Origin: mid 17th century (in the senses ‘of the same rank’ and ‘place in the same rank’): from co- ‘together’ + Latin ordinare (from ordo ‘order’), on the pattern of subordinate .


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