variants or co-design
codesigned or co-designed; codesigning or co-designing

transitive verb

: to design (something) by working with one or more others : to design (something) jointly
… leading Turing and engineer Tommy Flowers to codesign what many believe to be the world's first electronic, digital, programmable computer. Jerome M. O'Connor
To help spur the development of Mods further forward, Motorola … will continue to design Mods itself, but it'll also co-design Mods with partners … Kyle Wiggers
codesigner noun
or co-designer
plural codesigners or co-designers
In my own work, as codesigner of three microprocessor architectures … Bill Joy

Examples of codesign in a Sentence

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Virtual clothing from brands is nothing new, but Nike has teased that Swoosh’s community challenges will expand next year to include competitions in which members can win a chance to codesign virtual Nike products with the brand’s designers and earn a percentage of royalties. WIRED, 14 Nov. 2022 Alongside their regular jobs, the group is taking part in surveys and interviews about their remote-work experience and helping codesign new practices and technologies for hybrid and remote workers, Cisco said. Lucy Papachristou, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of codesign was in 1943

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“Codesign.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/codesign. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.

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