co-opt
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
choose or elect as a fellow member or colleague
The church members co-opted individuals from similar backgrounds to replenish the congregation
Types & categories
- elect hypernym
Related & opposite
- co-option derivation
Sense 2 verb
neutralize or win over through assimilation into an established group
We co-opted the independent minority tribes by pulling them into the Northern Alliance
Types & categories
- neutralize hypernym
Sense 3 verb
appoint summarily or commandeer
The army tried to co-opt peasants into civil defence groups
Types & categories
- appoint hypernym
Related & opposite
- co-option derivation
Sense 4 verb
take or assume for one's own use
He co-opted the criticism and embraced it
Types & categories
- accept hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | co-option |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | elect |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | neutralize |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | co-option |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | appoint |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | accept |