Meaning of "coopt" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COOPT

From Latin cooptāre to elect, from optāre to choose.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF COOPT

coopt  [kəʊˈɒpt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COOPT

Coopt is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb coopt in English.

WHAT DOES COOPT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Co-option

Co-option has two common meanings: ▪ the process of adding members to an elected or appointed group at the discretion of members of the body in order to fill vacancies, or to appoint additional members if permitted by the group's Constitution or rules. ▪ the process by which a group subsumes or assimilates a smaller or weaker group with related interests; or, similarly, the process by which one group gains converts from another group by attempting to replicate the aspects that they find appealing without adopting the full program or ideals.

Definition of coopt in the English dictionary

The definition of coopt in the dictionary is to add to a committee, board, etc, by the agreement of the existing members. Other definition of coopt is to appoint summarily; commandeer.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO COOPT

PRESENT

Present

I coopt

you coopt

he/she/it coopts

we coopt

you coopt

they coopt

Present continuous

I am coopting

you are coopting

he/she/it is coopting

we are coopting

you are coopting

they are coopting

Present perfect

I have coopted

you have coopted

he/she/it has coopted

we have coopted

you have coopted

they have coopted

Present perfect continuous

I have been coopting

you have been coopting

he/she/it has been coopting

we have been coopting

you have been coopting

they have been coopting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I coopted

you coopted

he/she/it coopted

we coopted

you coopted

they coopted

Past continuous

I was coopting

you were coopting

he/she/it was coopting

we were coopting

you were coopting

they were coopting

Past perfect

I had coopted

you had coopted

he/she/it had coopted

we had coopted

you had coopted

they had coopted

Past perfect continuous

I had been coopting

you had been coopting

he/she/it had been coopting

we had been coopting

you had been coopting

they had been coopting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will coopt

you will coopt

he/she/it will coopt

we will coopt

you will coopt

they will coopt

Future continuous

I will be coopting

you will be coopting

he/she/it will be coopting

we will be coopting

you will be coopting

they will be coopting

Future perfect

I will have coopted

you will have coopted

he/she/it will have coopted

we will have coopted

you will have coopted

they will have coopted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been coopting

you will have been coopting

he/she/it will have been coopting

we will have been coopting

you will have been coopting

they will have been coopting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would coopt

you would coopt

he/she/it would coopt

we would coopt

you would coopt

they would coopt

Conditional continuous

I would be coopting

you would be coopting

he/she/it would be coopting

we would be coopting

you would be coopting

they would be coopting

Conditional perfect

I would have coopt

you would have coopt

he/she/it would have coopt

we would have coopt

you would have coopt

they would have coopt

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been coopting

you would have been coopting

he/she/it would have been coopting

we would have been coopting

you would have been coopting

they would have been coopting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you coopt
we let´s coopt
you coopt

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to coopt

Past participle

coopted

Present Participle

coopting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «COOPT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «coopt» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of coopt

appoint · choose · elect · pick · select

TRANSLATION OF COOPT

Find out the translation of coopt to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of coopt from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «coopt» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 笼络
• Translator English - Spanish: cooptar
• English: coopt
• Translator English - Hindi: coopt
• Translator English - Arabic: coopt
• Translator English - Russian: кооптировать
• Translator English - Portuguese: cooptar
• Translator English - Bengali: coopt
• Translator English - French: coopter
• Translator English - Malay: Coopt
• Translator English - German: kooptieren
• Translator English - Japanese: coopt
• Translator English - Korean: coopt
• Translator English - Javanese: Coopt
• Translator English - Vietnamese: coopt
• Translator English - Tamil: அங்கத்தினர்களைக் கொண்டு தேர்ந்தெடு
• Translator English - Marathi: कोऑप्ट
• Translator English - Turkish: coopt
• Translator English - Italian: cooptare
• Translator English - Polish: dokooptować do swego składu
• Translator English - Ukrainian: кооптувати
• Translator English - Romanian: coopta
• Translator English - Greek: προσθέτει με εκλογή μεταξύ
• Translator English - Afrikaans: coopt
• Translator English - Swedish: adjungera
• Translator English - Norwegian: coopt

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COOPT»

Discover the use of coopt in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to coopt and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Primate Origins of Human Cognition and Behavior

Throughout the study, the CoopT wore a distinctive yellow cardigan. The CoopT, unaware of which container was baited, approached the table, sat down, and silently placed a hand at the midpoint between the two containers. As soon as the  ...

Tetsuro Matsuzawa, 2009

Archaeologia Or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity

D Eodem. ij. pen oris p'c. xxx.ii. - - - Sm'xxx. ii. 1) Eodem. ij. pen m'v' p'c. xxv. ii. - - Sm-xxv. li. D Eodem. j. pellic m'v' & j. de gris p'c xxiiijii. - -- -- -- -- - Sm-xxiiij. ii. D Eodem. j. coopt m'v' &j. gris p'c Lxiiij .ii. Sfii-Lxiiij. iu D Eodem. xij. capon m'v'. vj.

Archaeologia: Or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity

Sni-xlviij.li. D Eodem. ij. pen gris p'c. xxx. ti. - - - Siiixxx. ti. D Eodem. ij. pen m'v' p'c . xxv. ti. - - Siii-xxv. li. I) Eodem. j. pellic m'v' & j. de gris p'c xxiiij ti. ---------- Sni-xxiiij . ti. D Eodem. j. coopt m'v' &j. gris p'c Lxiiij .ti. Srii- Lxiiij. ti. D Eodein. xij. capon ...

Object Oriented Simulation: A Modeling and Programming ...

Time: 0 Receiver0 coopt with synChannel0 Time: 0 Message No. 1 Information Systems sender Sender1 rec Receiver1 Time: 0 Sender1 holds for 17.405 Time: 0 Receiver1 attempting comm via Channel1 Time: 0 Receiver1 coopt with ...

José M. Garrido, 2009

The Rebel's Dilemma

First, states coopt working classes. The political culmination of labor aristocrats ( Zolberg 1986, 432) is working-class tories (Nordlinger 1967). The alternative is also possible: "German parties, having no opportunity to wield power, ...

Mark Irving Lichbach, 1998

A History of Whitby, and Streoneshalh Abbey: With a ...

In p'mis x disci argent, cum quinque sawsers: Itm vi coclear. deaurat: Itm xxxii coclearea divers, ponder: Itm iij cuppe argent, et deaurat: Itm ij cuppe argent, coopt. Itm iiij pit. coopt. argent: Itm. ij pit argent, sine coopt: Itm j Cooptor argent: Itm j ...

George Young, 1817

A history of Whitby, and Streoneshalh abbey; with a ...

In p'mis x disci argent, cum quinque sawsers: Itm vi coclear. deaurat; Itm xxxii coclearea divers, ponder: Itm iij cuppe argent, et deaurat: Itm ij cuppe argent, coopt. Itm iiij pit. coopt. argent: Itm. g pit argent, sine coopt: Itm j Cooptor argent: Itm j ...

George Young, 1817

Indians and Colonists at the Crossroads of Empire: The ...

During the eighteenth century, such images became important to the cultural construction of a British identity that placed empire building at the center of a Protestant national mission.20 British Resentment or the French fairly Coopt at ...

Timothy J. Shannon, 2002

The Cognitive Neuroscience of Social Behaviour

(CoopT) and always shared the food with the subject, but the second trainer was competitive (CompT) and always kept food for himself. Woodruff and Premack ( 1979) were interested in whether the chimpanzee subjects would 1) point to the ...

Alexander Easton, Nathan Emery, 2004

The Long March: Profile of Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar

But the three experiments with anti-Congressism has shown that not only has the secular component not been able to coopt Hindu communalism but at the end of it Hindu communalism emerged stronger. It is also bome out by the experience ...

Attar Chand, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COOPT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term coopt is used in the context of the following news items.

LEONCIO KA PARAGO PITAO Radiant Red star of the revolution

The reactionary government has tried but failed to coopt Ka Parago to turn his back on the movement. When he was detained and tortured in ... «Davao Today, Jul 15»

The Future of Management Is Teal

Efforts to make everyone equal often lead to hidden power struggles, dominant actors who coopt the system, and organizational gridlock. «strategy+business, Jul 15»

'First we take Cairo – then we take Jerusalem!'

Meanwhile under the radar in Sinai, Islamic State has moved in to coopt the various Jihadi groups - we have just seen the result. The official ... «IsraCast, Jul 15»

Expert: Economic Benefits of Sanctions Relief Likely to Boost Iran's …

There is, however, little reason to believe that Iran's sponsorship of terrorist organizations and efforts to coopt or subvert governments (see: ... «TheTower.org, Jul 15»

Playboy Feminism™: how the gentleman's porn rag co-opted the …

While many saw this as an effort to rebrand, Playboy's efforts to coopt the feminist movement are ingrained in the magazine's history. «New Statesman, Jun 15»

Can We Trust How Iran Would Spend Funds From a Nuclear Deal?

There is, however, little reason to believe that Iran's sponsorship of terrorist organizations and efforts to coopt or subvert governments (see: ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»

A year of intimidations of minorities and their defenders

... same forces who are today trying to claim him and coopt the Dalits into their system which never respected them and treated them equally. «TwoCircles.net, Jun 15»

Five things you need to know today

Drylaw and Telford Community Council met earlier this week apparently to coopt new members onto the council but failed to do so as they were ... «The Edinburgh Reporter, Jun 15»

Sunday's coming: Freedom from Racism

William Krystol warned that “the Left” would next coopt Lincoln's Second Inaugural address because it called for “charity for all and malice ... «Baptist News Global, Jun 15»

Meet the Press Runs 'Gun Violence' Report After Racist Massacre …

He condemned the killer's racism, inserted a call for South Carolina's government to stop flying a Confederate flag, and tried to coopt the "black ... «Reason, Jun 15»