cocreate

verb

co·cre·ate (ˌ)kō-krē-ˈāt

-ˈkrē-ˌāt

variants or co-create

cocreated or co-created; cocreating or co-creating

transitive verb

: 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

In the fall of 2005, Mothering and Whole Foods Market co-created an informational program and national lecture tour: Whole Baby.—

Kimber Pasquali

cocreator

(ˌ)kō-krē-ˈā-tər

-ˈkrē-ˌā-

noun

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

Co-creators Ryan Murphy and Gina Matthews talk excitedly about future theme issues: cheating, fame, the social pecking order … —

James Poniewozik

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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 | [email protected], 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