coordination

Academic Word List, sublist 3.

About 11.82 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

   I’m terrible at sports; I have no coordination.

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

Similar words

concerted concert coordinated coordinative coordinating collaborative co-ordination cooperative collaboration cohesion

Often followed by

of and with between in is among number to

Word family

coordinate coordinated coordinates coordinating coordinations coordinator coordinators