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codirect

codirect verb: to direct (an artistic work) with another person.

Verb

codirect (third-person singular simple present codirects, present participle codirecting, simple past and past participle codirected)

  1. (transitive) To direct (an artistic work) with another person.
    • Jones insists he had no warning but does remember Bussert saying at some point, "I think you want to codirect this show."1999 October 1, Lewis Lazare, “Dumped/Jumped/Bumped/Bottom Lines”, in Chicago Reader
    • On the same visit to Oberlin he volunteered to codirect a school production of Tartuffe, in which he also played a bit part that turned out to be fateful.2005 May 6, Jeffrey Felshman, “A Neo-Futurist Never Looks Back”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of codirect

third-person singular presentcodirects
present participlecodirecting
past participlecodirected
pastcodirected
alternative formco-direct

Origin of codirect

From co- + direct.

Questions about codirect

What does codirect mean?
Codirect means to direct (an artistic work) with another person.
What part of speech is codirect?
Codirect is a verb.
What is the past tense of codirect?
The past tense of codirect is codirected.

Words near codirect in the dictionary

  1. codings
  2. Codington
  3. Codington County
  4. codiniac
  5. codiophyllous
  6. codirect
  7. codirected
  8. codirecting
  9. codirection
  10. codirectional
  11. codirectionally

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