COORDINATIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does coordinative mean? 

• COORDINATIVE (adjective)
  The adjective COORDINATIVE has 1 sense:

1. serving to connect two grammatical constituents of identical construction

  Familiarity information: COORDINATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COORDINATIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Serving to connect two grammatical constituents of identical construction

Synonyms:

coordinating; coordinative

Context 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?'

Domain category:

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

 Context examples 

Although the exact mechanism of action remains to be elucidated, budotitane potentially binds either to macromolecules via coordinative covalent bonds, or via intercalation between nucleic acids strands by the aromatic ring of the beta-diketonate.

(Budotitane, NCI Thesaurus)