co-inventor
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4.1
A person who invents something with other people
- noun
- /koʊ ɪnˈvɛntər/
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co-inventor
- Steve Jobs was the co-inventor of the iPhone, collaborating with a talented team of engineers.
Examples
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And as you heard, Vince Serf was the Co inventor of TCPIP and later won the Turing Award for that work.
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As a co-inventor of the electric car, she played a crucial role in its development alongside others.
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He worked as a co-inventor on a revolutionary new type of battery with his colleague.
Synonyms
inventor
vsco-inventor
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3.0
A person who makes a new thing that was not there before
does the same work but always with other people
co-creator
vsco-inventor
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3.7
A person who makes something together with other people
focuses on jointly making brand new devices, products, or methods
How Central
Surface Forms
co-inventor singular
co-inventors plural
Morphology
Etymology
The word co-inventor is made of co- and inventor; co- means 'with' and invent means 'to make or find something new', as in invention. So a co-inventor is someone who 'makes something new' together with one or more people.