"co-opt" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /kəʊˈɒpt/ Audio: En-us-co-opt.ogg [US] Forms: co-opts [present, singular, third-person], co-opting [participle, present], co-opted [participle, past], co-opted [past]
Rhymes: -ɒpt Etymology: From Latin cooptō (“to choose, elect”), from co(m)- + optō (“to opt”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|cooptō|t=to choose, elect}} Latin cooptō (“to choose, elect”), {{m|la|com-|co(m)-}} co(m)-, {{m|la|optō|t=to opt}} optō (“to opt”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} co-opt (third-person singular simple present co-opts, present participle co-opting, simple past and past participle co-opted)
  1. To elect as a fellow member of a group, such as a committee. Translations (To elect as a fellow member of a group, such as a committee.): cooptar (Catalan), coopter (French), kooptieren (German), kooptar (Ido), cooptare (Italian), cooptare (Romanian), принима́ть в соста́в (prinimátʹ v sostáv) (Russian), cooptar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-co-opt-en-verb-mUaGOoLe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 38 34 Disambiguation of 'To elect as a fellow member of a group, such as a committee.': 96 2 3
  2. To commandeer, appropriate or take over. Translations (To commandeer, appropriate or take over.): toe-eigenen (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-co-opt-en-verb-iDAsz9FC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 38 34 Disambiguation of 'To commandeer, appropriate or take over.': 1 97 3
  3. To absorb or assimilate into an established group. Translations (To absorb or assimilate into an established group.): привлека́ть на свою́ сто́рону (privlekátʹ na svojú stóronu) [imperfective] (Russian), поглоти́ть (poglotítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), вобра́ть в себя́ (vobrátʹ v sebjá) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-co-opt-en-verb-AVDNpvce Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 38 34 Disambiguation of 'To absorb or assimilate into an established group.': 2 4 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: coopt, coöpt Derived forms: co-optation, co-optative, co-option, co-optive Related terms: recuperation

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Download JSON data for co-opt meaning in All languages combined (6.0kB)

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