somewhat old-fashioned
: a female student in a coeducational institution
1
: of or relating to a coed
2
: of or relating to coeducation
a coed college
3
: open to or used by both men and women
a coed softball team
Examples of coed in a Sentence
Adjective
The college became coed this year.
The softball team is coed.
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Staff Report, Daily Southtown, 3 July 2018
Six star Brianne Davis and husband Mark Gantt, who are expecting their first child together, were the guests of honor Saturday at a coed baby shower at a family friend’s home in Los Angeles.
—Anya Leon, PEOPLE.com, 8 Mar. 2018
Today's workplaces are more coed than ever, so why prepare for them at an all-girls school?
—Grant Segall, cleveland.com, 11 Jan. 2018
Princeton started admitting women as undergraduates in 1969, going coed 23 years after its bicentennial.
—Nick Anderson, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2017
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Adjective
Track and field New Lenox: Providence Catholic High School, 1800 W. Lincoln Hwy., will host a coed track and field camp, open to kids in grades four to nine, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. July 9 to 12.
—Staff Report, Daily Southtown, 3 July 2018
Six star Brianne Davis and husband Mark Gantt, who are expecting their first child together, were the guests of honor Saturday at a coed baby shower at a family friend’s home in Los Angeles.
—Anya Leon, PEOPLE.com, 8 Mar. 2018
Today's workplaces are more coed than ever, so why prepare for them at an all-girls school?
—Grant Segall, cleveland.com, 11 Jan. 2018
Princeton started admitting women as undergraduates in 1969, going coed 23 years after its bicentennial.
—Nick Anderson, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2017
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“Coed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coed. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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coed
1 of 2 noun
co·ed
ˈkō-ˌed 
: a female student in a coeducational institution
coed
2 of 2 adjective1
2
: open to or used by both men and women
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