coordinating
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coordinating
[ adj ]
serving to connect two grammatical constituents of identical construction
<adj.all>
`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?'



co-ordinate \co-ordinate\, 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.

3. to be co-ordinated; as, These activities co-ordinate well.

Syn: coordinate.
[WordNet 1.5]


coordinating \coordinating\ co-ordinating \co-ordinating\adj.
(Grammar)
joining together words or phrases of equal grammatical rank.
{subordinative}

Syn: coordinative.
[WordNet 1.5]