"cosign" meaning in English

See cosign in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkəʊ.saɪn/ [UK], /ˈkoʊ.saɪn/ [US] Audio: en-us-cosign.ogg [US], en-uk-cosign.ogg [UK] Forms: cosigns [plural]
Etymology: co- + sign Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|co|sign}} co- + sign Head templates: {{en-noun}} cosign (plural cosigns)
  1. The promotion of one musical artist (usually less successful) by another.
    Sense id: en-cosign-en-noun-2G18eTZ- Categories (other): English terms prefixed with co- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with co-: 32 29 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: co-sign

Verb

IPA: /ˈkəʊ.saɪn/ [UK], /ˈkoʊ.saɪn/ [US] Audio: en-us-cosign.ogg [US], en-uk-cosign.ogg [UK] Forms: cosigns [present, singular, third-person], cosigning [participle, present], cosigned [participle, past], cosigned [past]
Etymology: co- + sign Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|co|sign}} co- + sign Head templates: {{en-verb}} cosign (third-person singular simple present cosigns, present participle cosigning, simple past and past participle cosigned)
  1. To sign a document jointly with another person, sometimes as an endorsement. Translations (to sign a document jointly with another person): cosigner (French), mitzeichnen (German), mitunterzeichnen (German), cofirmare (Italian), coassinar (Portuguese), firmar conjuntamente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-cosign-en-verb-HAbgC1Kh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with co- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 47 15 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with co-: 32 29 39 Disambiguation of 'to sign a document jointly with another person': 97 3
  2. (informal, transitive) To agree with or endorse. Tags: informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-cosign-en-verb-p9J4rna0 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with co- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with co-: 32 29 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: co-sign Derived forms: cosignatory

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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