to co-educate

4.6

To teach boys and girls together in the same school or class

verb
/koʊˈɛdʒʊˌkeɪt/

: coeducar

Many schools now co-educate boys and girls in all subjects.

Examples

Some private academies still do not co-educate their pupils.
The school co-educates boys and girls from kindergarten.
The decision to co-educate students was controversial at first but proved successful.
They co-educate students of all genders.
Many schools now co-educate boys and girls in all subjects.
The school co-educates boys and girls from kindergarten.
The decision to co-educate students was controversial at first but proved successful.

Synonyms

to coeducate

vsto co-educate

5.6

Teach boys and girls together in the same class or school

is the same in meaning but written with a hyphen

How Mixed

to integrate

18 4.3

to co-educate

4.6

Surface Forms

co-educate infinitive

co-educated past

co-educated past participle

co-educating present participle

co-educates third person singular

Morphology

co-educate = educate (transparent) = co + educate

The meaning is directly compositional: 'co-' contributes the sense of doing something together, and 'educate' supplies the base meaning.

Etymology

Co-educate comes from the parts co- meaning 'together', like in cooperate, and educate meaning 'to teach'. So co-educate means to teach boys and girls 'together' in the same school or class.