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ORDINATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The value of a coordinate on the vertical axis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("ordinate" is a kind of...):
Cartesian coordinate (one of the coordinates in a system of coordinates that locates a point on a plane or in space by its distance from two lines or three planes respectively; the two lines or the intersections of the three planes are the coordinate axes)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they ordinate ... he / she / it ordinates
Past simple: ordinated
Past participle: ordinated
-ing form: ordinating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation
Example:
ordinate similar parts
Synonyms:
align; coordinate; ordinate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "ordinate" is one way to...):
adjust; correct; set (alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ordinate"):
misalign (align imperfectly or badly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Appoint to a clerical posts
Example:
he was ordained in the Church
Synonyms:
consecrate; ordain; order; ordinate
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "ordinate" is one way to...):
enthrone; invest; vest (provide with power and authority)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
