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ordinate

[awr-dn-it, -eyt] / ˈɔr dnˌɪt, -ˌeɪt /
VERB
command
Synonyms
STRONGEST
appoint authorize call for direct require tell
STRONG
adjure ban bar beckon bid call charge check cite compel debar dictate enact enjoin exact forbid grant impose inflict inhibit instruct interdict oblige ordain order proclaim prohibit requisition restrain set subpoena summon task warn
WEAK
call on call the signals call upon force upon give directions give orders lay down the law mark out put foot down rule out send for take charge take the lead
Antonyms
STRONGEST
reject
STRONG
aid allow approve ask assist cancel conceal disallow free help hinder liberate permit prevent refuse stop veto
WEAK
contradict countermand follow oppose recall reverse revoke
VERB
line
Synonyms
STRONGEST
adjoin follow line up score touch
STRONG
abut align array bound communicate crease cut delineate draw edge fix fringe furrow group inscribe join march marshal neighbor order outline place queue range rank rim rule skirt trace underline verge
WEAK
allineate butt against
Antonyms
STRONG
center disarrange disjoin disorder disorganize divide forget ignore lose mess up mix up scatter separate
WEAK
strip unline

Example Sentences

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“Would it be in an ordinate amount, you know, something crazy? No, it’s not going to be that.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2022

A good-sized portion of our Lower 48 sits smack-dab in the center of that not-so sweet ordinate zone.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2021

The Ki value reported24 from purified product samples generated on a 500-times-larger reaction scale is shown on the ordinate.

From Nature • Apr. 22, 2018

Before the President set out for Hawaii he "borrowed" Richberg from NRA and made him temporary head of the National Emergency Council to develop and co ordinate the New Deal's recovery pro gram.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus the displacement of the ball is always y, the ordinate of the curve, and for any displacement dx along the datum line, the registering cylinder is turned through an angle proportional to ydx.

From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.