coordination
/koʊˌoɹdɪˈneɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.90 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.
Uncountable
noun
The ability to coordinate one's senses and physical movements in order to act skillfully.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "We stood dodging each other a moment with that unfortunate co-ordination of purpose men sometimes encounter when passing each other."
- "I’m terrible at sports; I have no coordination."
- "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."
- "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 […]"
Etymology
From Middle French coordination, from Late Latin coōrdinātiōnem (accusative of coōrdinātiō), from con- + ōrdinātiō. Morphologically coordinate + -ion.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: coordination, coōrdinātiōnem
- Suffix: coordinate
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /koʊˌoɹdɪˈneɪʃən/
- British English: /kəʊˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃən/