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COORDINATING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Serving to connect two grammatical constituents of identical construction

Example:

'and' in 'John and Mary' or in 'John walked and Mary rode' is a coordinating conjunction; and so is 'or' in 'will you go or stay?'

Synonyms:

coordinating; coordinative

Classified under:

Adjectives

Domain category:

grammar (the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics))

Antonym:

subordinating (serving to connect a subordinate clause to a main clause)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb coordinate

Credits

 Context examples: 

Since 2001, the Institute has been rapidly expanding its translational research and now is a home to a Clinical Nutrition Research Unit and is the coordinating institution for a 30-center national clinical trial - Women's Intervention Nutrition Study.

(Institute for Cancer Prevention, NCI Thesaurus)

This division (1) plans, directs, coordinates and evaluates the Institute's intramural programs in basic science relating to cellular, molecular, genetic, biochemical and immunological mechanisms relevant to the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of cancer; (2) establishes program priorities, allocates resources, integrates the projects of the various laboratories, evaluates program effectiveness and represents the division in management and scientific decision-making meetings within the Institute; (3) identifies the need for and establishes new intramural research activities; (4) supports training and research opportunities in the basic sciences for young investigators; (5) supports the translational research by integrating and coordinating divisional research activities with other NCI divisions, with the institutes, centers and divisions within the NIH as well as with the private sector and the academic research community.

(Division of Basic Sciences, NCI Thesaurus)

The November 4 issue of Magyar Nemzet published an interview with Gáspár Maróth, the Hungarian Government commissioner responsible for defence, defence industries and coordinating defence modernization, in which the deal was announced.

(Hungarian state-owned enterprise acquires Hirtenberger Defence Group, Wikinews)