codirect

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verb

To direct (an artistic work) with another person.

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Meanings

verbcodirect (third-person singular simple present codirects, present participle codirecting, simple past and past participle codirected)

present singular third person codirects · participle present codirecting · participle past codirected · past codirected · alternative co-direct

  1. transitiveTo direct (an artistic work) with another person.

    Jones insists he had no warning but does remember Bussert saying at some point, "I think you want to codirect this show."

    1999 October 1, Lewis Lazare, “Dumped/Jumped/Bumped/Bottom Lines”, in Chicago Reader
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    On the same visit to Oberlin he volunteered to codirect a school production of Tartuffe, in which he also played a bit part that turned out to be fateful.

    2005 May 6, Jeffrey Felshman, “A Neo-Futurist Never Looks Back”, in Chicago Reader

Origin

From co- + direct.

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Translations

French codiriger
  • codirigerto direct with another person
Polish współreżyserować
  • współreżyserowaćto direct with another person
Spanish codirigir
  • codirigirto direct with another person
Cite this entry
APA

codirect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/codirect

MLA

“codirect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/codirect. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “codirect,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/codirect.

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