Main Entry: ¹co·or·di·nate

Pronunciation: \kō-ˈȯrd-nət; -ˈȯr-də-nət, -də-ˌnāt\

Function: adjective

Etymology: probably back-formation from coordination

Date: 1641

1 a : equal in rank, quality, or significance b : being of equal rank in a sentence <coordinate clauses>
2 : relating to or marked by coordination
3 a : being a university that awards degrees to men and women taught usually by the same faculty but attending separate classes often on separate campuses b : being one of the colleges and especially the women's branch of a coordinate university
4 : of, relating to, or being a system of indexing by two or more terms so that documents may be retrieved through the intersection of index terms

— co·or·di·nate·ly adverb

— co·or·di·nate·ness noun