CO-OPT


Meaning of CO-OPT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kō-ˈäpt ]

transitive verb

Etymology: Latin cooptare, from co- + optare to choose

Date: 1651

1.

a. : to choose or elect as a member

b. : to appoint as a colleague or assistant

2.

a. : to take into a group (as a faction, movement, or culture) : absorb , assimilate

the students are co-opt ed by a system they serve even in their struggle against it — A. C. Danto

b. : take over , appropriate

a style co-opt ed by advertisers

• co-op·ta·tion ˌkō-ˌäp-ˈtā-shən noun

• co-op·ta·tive kō-ˈäp-tə-tiv adjective

• co-op·tion -ˈäp-shən noun

• co-op·tive -ˈäp-tiv adjective

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