coordinative
- adjective
- /ˈkɔːrdɪnətɪv/
- Specialized
- In grammar, coordinative conjunctions connect words and phrases of equal importance.
- coordinative conjunctions
Examples
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Is there a relationship between subordinating conjunctions, coordinative conjunctions, discourse markers, and good readers' level of reading comprehension?
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Is there a relationship between subordinating conjunctions, coordinative conjunctions, and discourse markers and poor readers' level of reading comprehension?
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The college cannot always be a "prime mover" for change, and its role may often be a coordinative or supportive one.
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The community college cannot always be a "prime mover" for change, for its role may often be a coordinative or supportive one.
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We then labeled the three categories in terms of three team types: coordinative, adaptive, and integrative teams.
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The teacher's role should be instructive, coordinative, advisory, and motivating.
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A longitudinal study could provide more understanding of how leadership can influence coordinative teams into becoming adaptive or integrative.
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The coordinative and adaptive team types stopped after sharing, sought consensus, and either harmonized (coordinative team type) or adapted (adaptive team type) existing knowledge and practices.
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The coordinative relationship between the two phrases created a balanced sentence structure.
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Teachers often use coordinative phrases to help students understand complex ideas.
Synonyms
A word like and, but, or that joins two equal parts of a sentence
A word that joins words or phrases to show addition, like 'and'
Surface Forms
Morphology
coordinative = coordinate (transparent) = co + ordin + ative
Standard adjective formation from the verb 'coordinate'.
Etymology
Coordinative comes from co- 'together' and ord 'order', the same root you see in the common word order and in coordinate. So a coordinative word joins two similar parts by putting them 'together in order', like 'bread and butter'.