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🤝 A joint leader 🤝 To lead together
to cohead

to cohead

6.1
To lead a group or department together with another person
  • verb
  • /koʊhɛd/
translation icon : co-dirigir
  • After the merger, she agreed to cohead the marketing department with her colleague.

Examples

  • The two managers coheaded the department successfully last year.

  • She will cohead the new project team.

  • The two executives will cohead the new division to ensure balanced leadership.

  • They decided to cohead the project to combine their expertise and experience.

  • The two executives will cohead the new division to ensure balanced leadership.

  • After the merger, she agreed to cohead the marketing department with her colleague.

  • They decided to cohead the project to combine their expertise and experience.

Synonyms

to cochair
vsto cohead
  • US
4.8

To share leading a meeting or committee with someone else

shares long term management of an organization, department, or project

How Much Authority

to cohead
6.1
to deputize
  • US
19 6.3
assist
33 1.8

Surface Forms

cohead infinitive
coheaded past
coheaded past participle
coheading present participle
coheads third person singular

Morphology

cohead = head (transparent) = co + head

The verb is formed by prefixing 'co-' to the verb 'head', indicating joint action, a straightforward and productive construction.

Etymology

Cohead comes from the parts co- 'together' and head 'lead'. To cohead is to lead 'together' with someone else, so you share the leadership or management of a team or project.