Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - co-ordinate

also coordinate (co-ordinated) 1. If you co-ordinate an activity, you organize the various people and things involved in it. Government officials visited the earthquake zone on Thursday morning to co-ordinate the relief effort. VERB: V n • co-ordinated ...a rapid and well co-ordinated international rescue operation. ADJ • co-ordinator (co-ordinators) ...the party’s campaign co-ordinator, Mr Peter Mandelson. N-COUNT: usu with supp 2. If you co-ordinate clothes or furnishings that are used together, or if they co-ordinate, they are similar in some way and look nice together. She’ll show you how to co-ordinate pattern and colours... Tie it with fabric bows that co-ordinate with other furnishings... Colours and looks must fit the themes of the seasons so that the shops co-ordinate well. ...curtains and co-ordinating bed covers. V-RECIP: V pl-n, V with n, pl-n V, V-ing 3. Co-ordinates are pieces of clothing or soft furnishings which are similar and which are intended to be worn or used together. ...new lingerie co-ordinates. N-PLURAL 4. If you co-ordinate the different parts of your body, you make them work together efficiently to perform particular movements. They spend several weeks each year undergoing intensive treatment which enables them to coordinate their limbs better. VERB: V n 5. The co-ordinates of a point on a map or graph are the two sets of numbers or letters that you need in order to find that point. (TECHNICAL) Can you give me your co-ordinates? N-COUNT: usu pl