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    pre·empt
    [prēˈem(p)t]
    verb
    pre-empt (verb) · pre-empts (third person present) · pre-empted (past tense) · pre-empted (past participle) · pre-empting (present participle) · preempt (verb) · preempts (third person present) · preempted (past tense) · preempted (past participle) · preempting (present participle)
    1. take action in order to prevent (an anticipated event) from happening; forestall:
      "the second session will focus on policies to preempted problems"
      • act in advance of (someone) in order to prevent them from doing something:
        "it looked as if she'd ask him more, but Parr preempted her"
      • NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
        (of a broadcast) interrupt or replace (a scheduled program):
        "the violence preempted regular programming"
    2. acquire or appropriate (something) in advance:
      "many tables were already preempted by family parties"
      • NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
        take (something, especially public land) for oneself so as to have the right of preemption.
    3. bridge
      make a preemptive bid.
    noun
    bridge
    pre-empt (noun) · pre-empts (plural noun) · preempt (noun) · preempts (plural noun)
    1. a preemptive bid.
    Origin
    mid 19th century: back-formation from preemption.
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    verb
    1. take action in order to prevent (an anticipated event) from happening; forestall:
      • acquire or appropriate (something) in advance:
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        What does preempt mean?: to settle upon (as public land) with the right to purchase before others : to acquire (land) by preemption a senior user of a trademark could not preempt use of the mark in remote geographical markets Mesa Springs Enterprises v. Cutco Indus., 736 P.2d 1251 (1986) Nglish: Translation of preempt for Spanish Speakers
        Is it enough to pre-empt criticism?Nor is it enough to merely pre-empt criticism; it is also necessary to develop a different narrative by situating arguments within space and time. The good architect's intuition guides him or her to think around the corner and pre-empt problems.
        What is a preemptive bid?to take the place of because of priorities, reconsideration, rescheduling, etc.; supplant: The special newscast preempted the usual television program. to forestall or prevent (something anticipated) by acting first; preclude; head off: an effort to preempt inflation. Bridge. to make a preemptive bid. Bridge. a preemptive bid.
        Can a power be preempted by a state?But these powers can be preempted (overruled) by the state under certain conditions. The two feet that separates the boys is tense as both try to preempt the other's strategy. Therefore, in a crisis, one side might launch a first strike, if just to pre-empt the other side from launching a first strike.
         
      3. to prevent something from happening by taking action first: State laws preempted local governments from restricting newspaper displays. If a broadcast is preempted, it is replaced by another, usually more important broadcast: One station preempted its Friday night schedule to televise the high school playoffs.
        dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/preempt
        to do or say something before someone so that you make their words or actions unnecessary or not effective: The minister held a press conference in order to pre-empt criticism in the newspapers. You need to be prepared and preempt the impact of the change before it happens.
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