- verbpre-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)
- 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"
- acquire or appropriate (something) in advance:"many tables were already preempted by family parties"
- NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISHtake (something, especially public land) for oneself so as to have the right of preemption.
- bridgemake a preemptive bid.
nounbridgepre-empt (noun) · pre-empts (plural noun) · preempt (noun) · preempts (plural noun)- a preemptive bid.
Originmid 19th century: back-formation from preemption.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- take action in order to prevent (an anticipated event) from happening; forestall:
- acquire or appropriate (something) in advance:
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