cosign

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UK/ˈkəʊ.saɪn/US/ˈkoʊ.saɪn/

verb

To sign a document jointly with another person, sometimes as an endorsement.

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Meanings

verbcosign (third-person singular simple present cosigns, present participle cosigning, simple past and past participle cosigned)

present singular third person cosigns · participle present cosigning · participle past cosigned · past cosigned · alternative co-sign

  1. To sign a document jointly with another person, sometimes as an endorsement.
  2. informaltransitiveTo agree with or endorse.

    [Ilhan] Omar was left twisting in the wind earlier this year after facing spurious charges of antisemitism, a display of Democratic cowardice co-signed by Chelsea Clinton, Chuck Schumer, and most every other Democrat with a congressional leadership position.

    2019 July 19, Noah Kulwin, “Democrats Fail the Left, Once Again”, in Jewish Currents
nouncosign (plural cosigns)

plural cosigns · alternative co-sign

  1. The promotion of one musical artist (usually less successful) by another.

    Big pump, don't stunt when it's showtime / Kinda funny how I didn't need a cosign

    2017, Stormzy, Swifta Beater, “Cold” (track 15), in Gang Signs & Prayer, performed by Stormzy
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    Also, you can't base your entire career on cosigns and big features. At some point, your music has to stand on its own.

    2013, Jesse Atkinson, The Independent Music Grind

Synonyms & antonyms

verbsign jointly

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verbsign and endorse (another person's signature), as for a loan

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Latinco-
  7. Englishco-
  8. Englishsign
  9. Englishcosign

From co- + sign.

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Translations

French cosigner
  • cosignerto sign a document jointly with another person
German mitzeichnen, mitunterzeichnen
  • mitzeichnento sign a document jointly with another person
  • mitunterzeichnento sign a document jointly with another person
Italian cofirmare
  • cofirmareto sign a document jointly with another person
Portuguese coassinar
  • coassinarto sign a document jointly with another person
Spanish firmar conjuntamente
  • firmar conjuntamenteto sign a document jointly with another person

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APA

cosign. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cosign

MLA

“cosign.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cosign. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cosign,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cosign.

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