Definition of Coordinative

1. Adjective. Serving to connect two grammatical constituents of identical construction. "`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?'"

Exact synonyms: Coordinating
Category relationships: Grammar
Antonyms: Subordinating

Definition of Coordinative

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to coordination ¹

2. Adjective. (alternative spelling of coordinative) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coordinative

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coordinative

coordinately
coordinateness
coordinates
coordinating
coordinating(a)
coordinating-conjunction
coordinating conjunction
coordinatingly
coordination
coordination chemistry
coordination compound
coordination number
coordination numbers
coordinational
coordinations
coordinative (current term)
coordinatively
coordinatization
coordinatizations
coordinatize
coordinatized
coordinatizes
coordinatizing
coordinator
coordinators
coorganizer
coorganizers
cooriginal
coorse
coorses

Literary usage of Coordinative

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Psychologic Method in Teaching by William Arch McKeever (1909)
"Wisely extended investigations show that the creative tendency is weak during the coordinative period, and that imitation must be depended upon chiefly. ..."

2. A Second Latin Exercise Book with Hints for Higher Latin Prose Composition by John Barrow Allen (1904)
"Hints for translating coordinative Conjunctions. From an inspection of the examples just given under the headings of Asyndeton, Antithesis, and Anaphora, ..."

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