"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], co-sign [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English sign English cosign From co- + sign. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|co-|sign|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English sign English cosign [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "bringing together", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "with", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "with", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "beside", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "here", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ḱe", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ḱóm", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*kom", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*kom-", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "con-", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "co-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "co-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "sign", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "cosign", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="cosign"> From co- + sign. Head templates: {{en-noun}} cosign (plural cosigns)
  1. The promotion of one musical artist (usually less successful) by another.
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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], co-sign [alternative]
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  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)
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  2. (informal, transitive) To agree with or endorse. Tags: informal, transitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cosignatory, cosignee

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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