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(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:
- Polski
co-opting definicja: 1. present participle of co-opt 2. (of...
- English (US)
(of an elected group) to make someone a member through the...
- Co-Ownership
CO-OWNERSHIP definition: 1. the fact of owning something...
- Cambridge English Dictionary에서의 의미
CO-OPTING 의미, 정의, CO-OPTING의 정의: 1. present participle of...
- Polski
The meaning of CO-OPT is to choose or elect as a member. How to use co-opt in a sentence.
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.
Co-option, also known as co-optation and sometimes spelt cooption or cooptation, has two common meanings. It may refer to the process of adding members to an elite group at the discretion of members of the body, usually to manage opposition and so maintain the stability of the group.
(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:
1. If you co-opt someone, you persuade them to help or support you. [...] 2. 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. [...] 3.
co-opt somebody/something (disapproving) to change somebody/something to a different role from the usual or original one; to take somebody's idea and use it for your own purposes. Politicians have been trying to co-opt the movement without embracing its values.
