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coordination

/koʊˌoɹdɪˈneɪʃən/

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What does coordination mean?

noun

  1. The act of coordinating, making different people or things work together for a goal or effect.
  2. The resulting state of working together; cooperation; synchronization.
  3. The ability to coordinate one's senses and physical movements in order to act skillfully.
More meanings (3)

noun

  1. The state of being equal in rank or power.
  2. An equal joining together of two or more phrases or clauses, for example, using and, or, or but.
  3. The reaction of one or more ligands with a metal ion to form a coordination compound.

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IPA pronunciation

/koʊˌoɹdɪˈneɪʃən/

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Then, since the prosperity of their children depended on it, the fullest and subtlest coordination began to be practiced.
Charlotte Perkins GilmanHerlandProject Gutenberg ebook #32
The guiding of thought and the deft coordination of deed is at once the path of honor and humanity.
VariousThe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial IssueProject Gutenberg ebook #206
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They feel a fatal want of harmony between their theory and their lives, a lack of coordination between thought and action.
Jane AddamsTwenty Years at Hull House; with Autobiographical NotesProject Gutenberg ebook #1325
Each Party recognizes the importance of cooperation and coordination among their authorities to further effective competition law enforcement in the free trade area.
CanadaNorth American Free Trade Agreement, 1992 Oct. 7 Tariff Phasing DescriptionsProject Gutenberg ebook #89
It consists in substituting for the idea of an omnipotent and omniscient author that of a necessary and eternal, but unconscious and blind, coordination.
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonSystem of Economical Contradictions; Or, The Philosophy of MiseryProject Gutenberg ebook #444