coordinating

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coordinating - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  co-ordinate \co-ordinate\, coordinate
  \co*["o]r"di*nate\(-n[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coordinated;
     p. pr. & vb. n. Coordinating.]
     1. To make coordinate; to put in the same order or rank; as,
        to coordinate ideas in classification.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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 coordinate muscular
        movements.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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]

coordinating - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  coordinating
      adj 1: 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), subordinative]