🤝 A joint leader 🤝 To lead together

to co-chair

4.1

To share the job of leading a meeting or committee with another person

verb
/ˈkoʊˌtʃɛr/

: co-presidir

Last year, I had the chance to co-chair the conference alongside a renowned expert in the field.

Examples

For the past three years, I have Co chaired an Alumni Careers Task Force that works closely with the Office of Career Services.
It was started up this spring and it is Co chaired by Harriet Hageman out of Wyoming and Bill Johnson.
And I was very honored to Co chair for him with Conde Yamkela from Sierra Leone, a high level panel to say if I want sustainable energy for all.
She was invited to co-chair the committee that organizes local community events.
Together, they will co-chair the project to enhance educational resources in their district.

Synonyms

to cochair

vsto co-chair

4.8

To share leading a meeting or committee with someone else

is written with a hyphen rather than as one word

to cohead

vsto co-chair

6.1

To lead a group or department together with another person

focuses on running specific meetings or committees rather than entire organizations

Surface Forms

co-chair infinitive

co-chaired past

co-chaired past participle

co-chairing present participle

co-chairs third person singular

Morphology

co-chair = chair (transparent) = co + chair

The meaning is directly derived from 'chair' with the prefix 'co-' indicating a shared role.

Etymology

To co-chair uses co- 'together' and chair, which means to lead a meeting. So to co-chair is to lead 'together' with someone else, sharing the responsibility.