coordinator
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of coordinator
First recorded in 1860–65; coordinate + -or 2
Explanation
A coordinator makes sure things go smoothly: he or she coordinates other people and activities. Football is one area where the word coordinator comes up a lot. The offensive coordinator makes sure the quarterback, running backs, receivers, and offensive line are working together to score points. The defensive coordinator makes sure the linebackers, safeties, defensive backs, and defensive line are working together to stop the other team from scoring. In any kind of business or organization, a coordinator makes sure people (or machines and products) are working together toward their goals. Anything complicated could benefit from a coordinator.
Vocabulary lists containing coordinator
Like A Boss: Words for the Person in Charge
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"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 3
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Forever, or a Long, Long Time
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Example Sentences
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“The game tends to humble everybody,” Cardinals minor-league hitting coordinator Brock Hammit said, “and he got humbled.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
It’s a bit of a balancing act, though, because it’s got to be tempting to get a look at the offense of coordinator Mike McDaniel outside the structure of a practice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Alessandro Barreto, coordinator of the Justice Ministry's Ciberlab intelligence unit, slammed a "terrible failure in moderation" by Discord.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Last semester one team, led by a cancer survivor, proposed an AI-native care coordinator for cancer patients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The student coordinator had blundered into the problem of syntactic ambiguity.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Normally, when a death occurs inside a cellblock, facility executives dispatch clergy, rehabilitation coordinators, and mental health counselors to conduct psychological welfare checks.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Morgan are acting as global coordinators and bookrunning managers for the offering.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
The Department for Education has so far provided funding to 25 local areas to employ coordinators to help children re-establish or develop new relationships with trusted adults.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
Captain learned these habits through work in intimacy coordination and under the mentorship of Tonia Sina, among the first professional intimacy coordinators in Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
It turns out that coordinators and subordinators have nothing in common, and there is no category called “conjunction” that includes them both.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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