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colead en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkəʊˌliːd/
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

From co- + lead.

Meanings

  1. A joint lead; one of a group of actors who jointly take lead roles.
    • Meanwhile, Wanger's wish list for the film's coleads included Sir Laurence Olivier as Julius Caesar and Richard Burton as Mark Antony. (The studio preferred Cary Grant and Burt Lancaster in these roles, respectively.) 2006, James Robert Parish, Fiasco: A History of Hollywood's Iconic Flops, page 23:

Forms

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coleads Number=Plur lexicographic

colead en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkəʊˌliːd/
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

From co- + lead.

Meanings

  1. To lead jointly.
    • Last year, in April 1993, I co-led a party of birdwatchers to the island[.] 2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 109:
    • A workshop dealing with "Our Place in Judaism" was co-led by gay male and straight female rabbis. 1982 August 14, Aryeh Engel, Aliza Maggad, “Differences Into Unity”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 5, page 7:

Forms

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coled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
coled Tense=Past lexicographic
coleading Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
coleads Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic