- 1co-opt somebody (onto/into something) to include someone in something, often when they do not want to be part of it
Definitions on the go
Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.
- 2co-opt somebody (onto/into something) to make someone a member of a group, committee, etc., by the agreement of all the other members She was co-opted onto the board.
- 3co-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.
co-opt
verbNAmE//koʊˈɑpt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they co-opt he / she / it co-opts
past simple co-opted
-ing form co-opting
Check pronunciation: co-opt