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cooptco‧opt (also co-opt British English) /kəʊˈɒpt $ koʊˈɑːpt/ verb [transitive] formal co-optOrigin: 1600-1700 Latin cooptare, from co- ( ➔ CO-) + optare ‘to choose’ VERB TABLEcoopt |
Present | I, you, we, they | coopt | | he, she, it | coopts | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | coopted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have coopted | | he, she, it | has coopted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had coopted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will coopt | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have coopted |
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Present | I | am coopting | | he, she, it | is coopting | | you, we, they | are coopting | Past | I, he, she, it | was coopting | | you, we, they | were coopting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been coopting | | he, she, it | has been coopting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been coopting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be coopting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been coopting |
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