- 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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- To preempt something means to do or say something before someone else, so that you make their words or actions unnecessary or not effective1. It can also mean to acquire or appropriate something before someone else, or take it for oneself23. Another meaning of preempt is to take the place of or take precedence over something, or supplant it34. Preempt can be used as a transitive verb, and it can be spelled as pre-empt or preempt214.Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.pre-empt verb [ T ] mainly UK (also mainly US preempt) uk / ˌpriːˈempt / us / ˌpriːˈempt / Add to word list to do or say something before someone so that you make their words or actions unnecessary or not effective:dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pre-emptpre·empt prē-ˈem (p)t preempted; preempting; preempts Synonyms of preempt transitive verb 1 : to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption 2 : to seize upon to the exclusion of others : take for oneselfwww.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preemptto occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy. to acquire or appropriate before someone else; take for oneself; arrogate: a political issue preempted by the opposition party. to take the place of because of priorities, reconsideration, rescheduling, etc.; supplant: The special newscast preempted the usual television program.www.dictionary.com/browse/preemptpreempt Also found in: Thesaurus, Wikipedia. pre·empt (prē-ĕmpt′) v. pre·empt·ed, pre·empt·ing, pre·empts v.tr. 1. To take the place of or take precedence over: Discussion of the water shortage will preempt the other topics on this week's agenda.www.thefreedictionary.com/preempt
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