coordinating
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (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?'”Synonyms: coordinating(a)coordinative
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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]