- [countable] either of two numbers or letters used to fix the position of a point on a map or graph
- the x, y coordinates of any point on a line
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- coordinates[plural] (used in shops, etc.) pieces of clothing that can be worn together because, for example, the colours look good togetherTopics Clothes and Fashionc2
Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the senses ‘of the same rank’ and ‘place in the same rank’): from co- ‘together’ + Latin ordinare (from ordo ‘order’), on the pattern of subordinate.
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