What does coordination mean?

Definitions for coordination
koʊˌɔr dnˈeɪ ʃənco·or·di·na·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. coordinationnoun

    the skillful and effective interaction of movements

  2. coordinationnoun

    the regulation of diverse elements into an integrated and harmonious operation

  3. coordinationnoun

    the grammatical relation of two constituents having the same grammatical form

  4. coordinationnoun

    being of coordinate importance, rank, or degree

Wiktionary

  1. coordinationnoun

    the act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.

  2. coordinationnoun

    the resulting state of working together; cooperation; synchronization

  3. coordinationnoun

    the ability to coordinate one's senses and physical movements in order to act skillfully.

    I'm terrible at sports -- I have no coordination.

  4. coordinationnoun

    the state of being equal in rank or power.

  5. coordinationnoun

    an equal joining together two or more phrases or clauses, for example, using and, or, or but.

  6. coordinationnoun

    The reaction of one or more ligands with a metal ion to form a coordination compound

  7. Etymology: From coordinationem (nominative of coordinatio), from coordinare.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Coordinationnoun

    The state of holding the same rank; of standing in the same relation to something higher; collateralness.

    Etymology: from coordinate.

    In this high court of parliament there is a rare coordination of power, a wholsome mixture betwixt monarchy, optimacy, and democracy. James Howell, Pre-eminence of Parliament.

    When these petty intrigues of a play are so ill ordered, that they have no coherence with the other, I must grant that Lysidius has reason to tax that want of due connexion; for coordination in a play is as dangerous and unnatural as in a state. John Dryden, on Dramatick Poesy.

ChatGPT

  1. coordination

    Coordination refers to the process of organizing individuals, groups, or elements in a system to work together efficiently and effectively to achieve a common goal or objective. It involves synchronizing actions, managing resources, integrating activities, and balancing competing interests or needs. In essence, coordination seeks to ensure that all parts of a system are operating in harmony to accomplish joint outcomes.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Coordinationnoun

    the act of coordinating; the act of putting in the same order, class, rank, dignity, etc.; as, the coordination of the executive, the legislative, and the judicial authority in forming a government; the act of regulating and combining so as to produce harmonious results; harmonious adjustment; as, a coordination of functions

  2. Coordinationnoun

    the state of being coordinate, or of equal rank, dignity, power, etc

Editors Contribution

  1. coordination

    The act and process of to coordinate.

    The coordination of the unity government program was employed fulltime and had the job title of Director.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 11, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of coordination in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of coordination in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of coordination in a Sentence

  1. Dmitry Peskov:

    It's important to understand that this operation is to support the Syrian army in the fight with ISIS and other extremist groups, there's a list of these groups, they all are known. Of course all targets are located in coordination with the Syrian army.

  2. State Department spokesman John Kirby:

    The decision to do this wasn’t taken lightly. It was done after careful thought and consideration, and inter-agency coordination, the timing of it was completely considered independently of the Nuclear Security Summit and the visit here to Washington by Turkish officials.

  3. Amesh Adalja:

    The current system appears to be faltering at multiple levels so I do think having more distributors involved is prudent, it will be important however to maintain central coordination.

  4. Jen Psaki:

    On Wednesday, in coordination with senior leadership at the White House and the medical team, I made the decision not to travel on the foreign trip with the President due to a family emergency, which was members of my household testing positive for COVID-19, since then, I have quarantined and tested negative( via PCR) for COVID on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. However, today, I tested positive for COVID.

  5. Eric Adams:

    At the precinct level, someone comes in for a petty theft, we're at the policing level, you identify that they have a mental health issue, instead of locking them up -- let's defer prosecution, let's have a local community-based organization that deals with mental health illnesses handle it right at the precinct -- that's the coordination that we need, there's no reason to put someone( with) mental health illness in Rikers Island, Rikers Island's Rikers Island.

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