Mathematics Any of a set of two or more numbers used to determine the position of a point, line, curve, or plane in a space of a given dimension with respect to a system of lines or other fixed references.
Informal Directions: Give me some coordinates so I can find my way.
A set of articles, as of clothing or luggage, designed to match or complement one other, as in style or color.
Of equal importance, rank, or degree: jobs with coordinate responsibilities. Grammar Having equal syntactic status; not subordinate: coordinate phrases.
Mathematics Of or based on a system of coordinates.
Of or relating to a university in which men and women are taught by the same faculty but in single-sex classes or on single-sex campuses.
To cause to work or function in a common action or effort: coordinating the moving parts of a machine.
To make harmonious; harmonize: coordinate the colors of a design.
Grammar To link (syntactic units) at an equal level.
To work or function together harmoniously: a nursing staff that coordinates smoothly.
To form a harmonious combination; match: shoes that coordinate with the rest of the outfit.