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- Dictionaryco-opt/kōˈäpt/
verb
- 1. appoint to membership of a committee or other body by invitation of the existing members: "the committee may co-opt additional members for special purposes"
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to include someone in something, often against their will: Whether they liked it or not, local people were co-opted into the victory parade. to use someone else's ideas: Rock and roll music was largely co-opted from the blues. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Applying for a job. acqui-hire. advertisement. anointed. applicant. assign.
The meaning of CO-OPT is to choose or elect as a member. How to use co-opt in a sentence.
(of an elected group) to make someone a member through the choice of the present members: She was co-opted on to the committee last June. to include someone in something, often against their will: Whether they liked it or not, local people were co-opted into the victory parade. to use someone else's ideas:
To co-opt something is to take possession of it to use it for your own purposes. Don't co-opt your friend's short story title — take the time to come up with your own! When you co-opt an idea, you use it as though you'd come up with it, despite the fact that someone else thought of it first.
3 meanings: 1. If you co-opt someone, you persuade them to help or support you. 2. If someone is co-opted into a group, they.... Click for more definitions.
co-opt somebody (onto/into something) to make somebody a member of a group, committee, etc. by the agreement of all the other members. She was co-opted onto the board.
1. To elect as a fellow member of a group. 2. To appoint summarily. 3. To take or assume for one's own use; appropriate: co-opted the criticism by embracing it. 4. To neutralize or win over (an independent minority, for example) through assimilation into an established group or culture: co-opt rebels by giving them positions of authority.
co-opt something (disapproving) to take someone else's idea or policy for your own use Some of her best ideas had been co-opted by her supervisor and presented as his own. See co-opt in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: co-opt. Definition of co-opt verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.
If someone is co-opted into a group, they are asked by that group to become a member, rather than joining or being elected in the normal way. He was co-opted into the Labour Government of 1964. He's been authorised to co-opt anyone he wants to join him.
To persuade or lure (an opponent) to join one's own system, party, etc. To make use of for one's own purposes; take over or adopt. To neutralize or win over (an independent minority, for example) through assimilation into an established group or culture. Co-opt rebels by giving them positions of authority.
