co-ed
- adjective
- /ˈkoʊˌɛd/
- Informal
:
mixto
- The university offers a co-ed dormitory that houses both male and female students.
I was the only woman on this Co Ed team.
- I was the only woman on this Co Ed team.
Examples
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So these Co Ed eating clubs where you, as you would expect, eat your meals, where they serve lunch and dinner and so on.
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But but in the summertime, because the summer school was Co Ed, miraculously Lamont became Co Ed too.
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During the event, both boys and girls participated in the co-ed soccer tournament.
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They decided to hold a co-ed workshop to encourage collaboration between male and female participants.
Synonyms
19
3.9
Including both men and women
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4.2
A school that has both male and female students
How Mixed
- Informal
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
co-ed = coeducational (transparent) = co + ed
A straightforward clipped form of 'coeducational' meaning 'attended by both sexes'.
Etymology
Co-ed comes from the parts co- 'together' and ed from 'education', and the co- part is the same as in cooperate. That's why as an adjective co-ed describes places or activities for both men and women.