coed
- noun
- /ˈkoʊˌɛd/
- The university became coed in the 1970s, allowing both male and female students to enroll.
- coed basketball team
- old coed
- year-old coed
Examples
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She chose a coed dormitory to experience living with both male and female roommates.
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At the coed summer camp, boys and girls participated in activities together.
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But the Modern Orthodox they send their kids to, they have Coed school, so it's still private.
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Looking around this room, I am aware that many of us personally experience the struggle for coeducation or were part of early Coed classes.
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In softball, amateur coed leagues now thrive in almost every state.
Academic text (1993) -
The present paper focuses specifically on amateur coed softball, a gender-integrated sport.
Academic text (1993) -
However, without advocating one approach over the other, the decision for non-coed or coed is largely based on curriculum objectives.
Academic text (2002) -
Accordingly, romance comics featured high school students, college coeds, secretaries, nurses, shop girls, young wives, and even some young mothers.
Academic text (2013) -
The 34 coed teams participated in one of three age-group leagues: Under-11 (n = 88 boys, 32 girls), Under-12 (n = 62 boys, 17 girls), and Under-13 (n = 55 boys, 3 girls).
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
A building where students live and study together, often with a shared dining hall
How Coeducational
Surface Forms
Morphology
coed = coeducational (transparent) = co + educ
Used as a clipped noun to mean 'a coeducational institution'; the relation to 'coeducational' is direct and clear.
Etymology
Coed is a short form of co- ('together') and education, so a coed school or college admits both men and women.