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cohead

cohead noun: one of the joint heads of an organization or department.

Noun

cohead (plural coheads)

  1. One of the joint heads of an organization or department.
    • Mr Smith is cohead of research.

Verb

cohead (third-person singular simple present coheads, present participle coheading, simple past and past participle coheaded)

  1. (transitive) To serve as one of the joint heads of (an organization or department).

Forms of cohead

Noun
pluralcoheads
Verb
third-person singular presentcoheads
present participlecoheading
past participlecoheaded
pastcoheaded

Origin of cohead

From co- + head. Piecewise doublet of cochief.

Questions about cohead

What does cohead mean?
Cohead means one of the joint heads of an organization or department.
What part of speech is cohead?
Cohead can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of cohead?
The plural of cohead is coheads.

Words near cohead in the dictionary

  1. coharmonizing
  2. Cohasset
  3. cohaversine
  4. cohaversines
  5. Cohea
  6. cohead
  7. coheaded
  8. coheading
  9. coheadline
  10. coheadlined
  11. coheadliner

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