Definition of coordinatenext
as in equivalent
one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value the Nobel Memorial Award for Economic Science is universally regarded as the coordinate of the original Nobel Prizes for peace, literature, medicine, physics, and chemistry

Synonyms & Similar Words

coordinate

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adjective

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Recent Examples of coordinate
Verb
The trousers were coordinated with a black blazer with statement hip pockets. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026 As homelessness rises in West Sacramento, city leaders voted Wednesday to create a department dedicated to coordinating outreach, housing assistance and other services for people living without shelter. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Noun
As recent writing on dance and cognition suggests, choreography is not simply a map of moving coordinates. — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 The narrator of The Radiance, also named Ayad Akhtar, is a Pakistani American playwright and novelist who has ostensibly written the books Akhtar has written and shares many of the same biographical coordinates. — Zain Khalid, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
Adjective
The x-axis and y-axis show the two dimensions of a coordinate plane. — Dave Linkletter, Popular Mechanics, 22 July 2022 Cedarburg City Administrator Mikko Hilvo said his Ozaukee County community has been hearing from citizens about the city's coordinate address system, too. — Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2022 See All Example Sentences for coordinate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coordinate
Verb
  • What began as a rebellion against broken classrooms has become a test of whether France can reconcile its costly promises with its financial reality before the divisions consuming its schools deepen further.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Mercury in your 12th House quincunxes Saturn in your 5th, making private thoughts, uncertainty, or unspoken feelings harder to reconcile with fun, romance, or creative expression.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 9 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Chow followed it with Kung Fu Hustle (2004), another genre-blending smash that earned more than $100 million worldwide and cemented his reputation as one of Hong Kong’s greatest comedy-action hitmakers.
    — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The hair accessories blended effortlessly with her texture, folding between the body of her hair thanks to celebrity hair architect Igor Rosales.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • So language modeling seems to be merely a powerful component of human cognition, not its equivalent or source.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Before the war, a room at the hotel had cost the equivalent of five euros a night.
    — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Every breakthrough in commerce has required a corresponding breakthrough in trust.
    — Alex Zuck, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • At long last, the lengthy gap between major tournaments — and the corresponding barrage of friendlies — will give way to games that matter.
    — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Neither corresponds to any investigation, case, incident, or call for service.
    — Cyrus Farivar, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
  • But the date passed with no sign of an opening and without North Korea doing corresponding works on its side.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • During demonstrations, the researchers folded the material diagonally in opposite directions, and its digital counterpart followed the changing geometry.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
  • From 2021 through last season, the Knicks boasted an unfathomable 18-2 record against their Eastern Conference counterpart Washington Wizards.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • David, 27, was as stylish as his new wife in a matching white suit with a cream top and a silk green scarf draped over his shoulders.
    — Michael Nied, InStyle, 24 Sep. 2026
  • For bottoms, Levi’s and Sacai offer the Belted Wide Pants, a loose, mid-rise fit in continued selvedge indigo fabric, finished with Sacai’s specialty buttons at the belt loops and a matching denim belt.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Because the size of a black hole is directly correlated with its mass, this meant that the researchers were able to constrain the mass of the black hole at the heart of NGC 1275.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • On top of that, the levels of humans’ fever correlated with those of the equivalent reaction in mice, Ley says.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2026

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“Coordinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coordinate. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.

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