coordinative

1. 1.

   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?'”

   Synonymscoordinating

   grammar

Questions about coordinative

What does coordinative mean?

coordinative means "serving to connect two grammatical constituents of identical construction".

How many syllables are in coordinative?

coordinative has 4 syllables and divides as coor-di-na-tive under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for coordinative?

Close synonyms include coordinating. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.