cocreate
verb
co·cre·ate
(ˌ)kō-krē-ˈāt 
-ˈkrē-ˌāt
variants
or co-create
cocreated or co-created; cocreating or co-creating
: to create (something) by working with one or more others
He's the guy who in 1987 cocreated Photoshop, the software package that has become a digital industry standard …—
Julie Hinds
: to create (something) jointly
Julie HindsIn the fall of 2005, Mothering and Whole Foods Market co-created an informational program and national lecture tour: Whole Baby.—Kimber Pasquali
Kimber Pasquali
cocreator
(ˌ)kō-krē-ˈā-tər
noun
-ˈkrē-ˌā-
or co-creator
plural cocreators or co-creators
The philosophy of Seinfeld, as articulated by its star and its anhedonic executive producer and cocreator, Larry David, is, "No hugging. No learning."
—Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Co-creators Ryan Murphy and Gina Matthews talk excitedly about future theme issues: cheating, fame, the social pecking order …
—James Poniewozik
James Poniewozik
Examples of cocreate in a Sentence
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As a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Texas, Kireev cocreated a graphene tattoo that can accurately measure blood pressure.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 June 2023
No one seemed particularly wowed when HBO announced that Bill Hader and Alec Berg were cocreating a series in which Hader would play a hitman with a conscience who attempts to go straight.
—Wired, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2023
All of our work policies are cocreated with our people.
—Amber Burton, Fortune, 12 May 2023
Along with writers John Rogers and Keith Giffen, comic book Hamner, a North Alabama native, cocreated the Jamie Reyes version of the superhero, which DC Comics rebooted in 2006.
—Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 6 Apr. 2023
Sally Lindsay cocreated and stars in this light drama about an antiques dealer who finds herself in a small town in the south of France after her husband’s mysterious death.
—Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2023
Research firm International Data Corp. estimates that by 2023, 60% of CIOs at companies world-wide will be primarily measured for their ability to cocreate new business models and revenue streams, chiefly through enterprisewide collaboration.
—Angus Loten, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2022
On four services alone—Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, Artbreeder, and DALL-E—humans working with AIs now cocreate more than 20 million images every day.
—Kevin Kelly, WIRED, 17 Nov. 2022
Similar efforts to cocreate textile memorials are underway in the Stitching the Situation and Covid Memorial Quilt projects.
—Wired, 22 July 2022
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IEEE Spectrum, 12 June 2023
No one seemed particularly wowed when HBO announced that Bill Hader and Alec Berg were cocreating a series in which Hader would play a hitman with a conscience who attempts to go straight.
—Wired, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2023
All of our work policies are cocreated with our people.
—Amber Burton, Fortune, 12 May 2023
Along with writers John Rogers and Keith Giffen, comic book Hamner, a North Alabama native, cocreated the Jamie Reyes version of the superhero, which DC Comics rebooted in 2006.
—Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 6 Apr. 2023
Sally Lindsay cocreated and stars in this light drama about an antiques dealer who finds herself in a small town in the south of France after her husband’s mysterious death.
—Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2023
Research firm International Data Corp. estimates that by 2023, 60% of CIOs at companies world-wide will be primarily measured for their ability to cocreate new business models and revenue streams, chiefly through enterprisewide collaboration.
—Angus Loten, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2022
On four services alone—Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, Artbreeder, and DALL-E—humans working with AIs now cocreate more than 20 million images every day.
—Kevin Kelly, WIRED, 17 Nov. 2022
Similar efforts to cocreate textile memorials are underway in the Stitching the Situation and Covid Memorial Quilt projects.
—Wired, 22 July 2022
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“Cocreate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cocreate. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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