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- Dictionaryco-opt/ˌkəʊˈɒpt/
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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Co-opt means to make someone a member of a group, to include someone in something, or to use someone else's ideas. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts and find related words and phrases.
- English (US)
(of an elected group) to make someone a member through the...
- Simplified
CO-OPT translate: （指由现有成员）增选…为新成员，推举…为新成员, 强行拉进；拉拢，笼络,...
- Translate to Traditional Chinese
CO-OPT translate: （指由現有成員）增選…爲新成員，推舉…爲新成員, 強行拉進；拉攏，籠絡,...
- English (US)
Co-opt is a verb that means to choose, elect, appoint, or take over someone or something. Learn the synonyms, examples, and history of this word from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Co-opt means to make someone a member of a group, to include someone in something, or to use someone else's ideas. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts and find related words and phrases.
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.
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-opt means to choose, appoint, or assimilate someone or something for a group or purpose. Learn the origin, synonyms, and usage of co-opt from various dictionaries and sources.
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.
