Hypertext Webster Gateway: "coordinating"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Coordinate \Co*["o]r"di*nate\ (-n[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Co["o]rdinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Co["o]rdinating}.]
1. To make co["o]rdinate; to put in the same order or rank;
as, to co["o]rdinate ideas in classification.
2. To give a common action, movement, or condition to; to
regulate and combine so as to produce harmonious action;
to adjust; to harmonize; as, to co["o]rdinate muscular
movements.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
coordinating
adj : (grammar) serving to connect two grammatical constituents of
identical construction; "`and' in `John and Mary' or in
`John walked and Mary rode' is a coordinating
conjunction; and so is `or' in `will you go or stay?'"
[syn: {coordinating(a)}, {coordinative}] [ant: {subordinating(a)}]
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