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Meaning preempt meaning

What does preempt mean?

preempt

— verb acquire for oneself before others can do so — verb gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land) — verb make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge — verb take the place of or have precedence over live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor — noun (= preemptive bid) a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding

Synonyms preempt synonyms

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preempt English » English

pre-empt preemptive bid prevent displace seize preoccupy preempted preclude obviate lay claim keep hinder head-start hamper forestall foreclose estop deter defend choke off appropriate

Conjugation preempt conjugation

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preempt · verb

Examples preempt examples

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I want to preempt this situation.
Some nut makes trouble, and for that, they preempt the ballgame.
So, I heard your father came to see you and he tried to preempt my involvement.
Preempt their gathering hatred.
We need to preempt any further attacks.
We've got to preempt his press conference.
Instead of preparing for it, maybe we should be trying to preempt this attack, madam president.
We might be wise to preempt their attempt by making an announcement of our own to refute this absurb claim.
Let's preempt any chance they have for a hostage situation.
We need to preempt the enemy by hitting them now with everything we've got.
Good intentions preempt any apparent designs on publicity.
Ron, the press. let them know the mayor's hunkered down on the fifth floor working to preempt any further escalations of events.
Preempt the proteins.
And preempt tomorrow's meeting with one of our own.
This storm could preempt Oprah.
So I needed to do something to preempt it.
I use humor to preempt the pain.
Of course. But an alegiance to tradition,it certainly doesn't preempt changing with the times.
If it didn't preempt y-your feelings for me, it certainly put them on a shelf.
The very reason for whichis to preempt the courts from asking the very questionyou waltzed in here raising!
Sir, I don't mean to preempt your protocols, but how long will it take you to scramble a flight of F-18s?
S. Attorney's office, trying to get his sentence reduced. We need to preempt the prick.
Not to preempt your episode of America's Next Top Model but you've got a little bit of a wardrobe malfunction.
But an alegiance to tradition,it certainly doesn't preempt changing with the times.
It may not have been sexual, but you had a love affair that,. If it didn't preempt y-your feelings for me, it certainly put them on a shelf.
I want to preempt a hearing.
And that wishing to preempt Montana and Wyoming, he means to secure us for Yankton and Dakota.
Preempt the launch sequence.
A process the mayor can preempt with eminent domain.
Listen, I want to preempt what I'm about to ask you with an apology.

News and current affairs

One can see why Uribe would threaten to leak news about the negotiations, as well as why Santos would try to preempt the leaks by going public and having them take place in the open (the talks will begin in Oslo, but will be pursued in Havana).
Thus, the Commission was able - even before it was officially asked to intervene - to preempt measures that were contrary to single-market logic.
Putin's desire to preempt such an outcome explains the Kremlin's brutal response.
The Soviet leadership had relied then upon shootings and deportations to the Gulag to preempt opposition.
Leaders on both sides ignore strong majorities that crave peace, allowing extremist-led violence to preempt all opportunities for building a political consensus.
The second problem is imposing discipline on national policies in order to preempt the temptation to export domestic inflation or unemployment.
We cannot foster sustainable growth or preempt a sovereign-debt crisis in Europe (or anywhere else) by piling-up more debt.
Already, the HFEA appears to be attempting to preempt the government by softening its regulatory touch.
Instead of waiting for the pressure to mount, the next president would do well to preempt it with an ambitious agenda on free-trade reform that would benefit everyone.
But they must also continue to try to preempt confrontation with Russia on all fronts.
Vaccines already prevent the deaths of 2-3 million people every year, preempt human suffering, lighten the burden placed on health-care systems, and enable more rapid economic and social development.
Nevertheless, the effort to preempt American strategy clearly failed, as new UN sanctions were implemented earlier this month.
Unfortunately, there is not much evidence that an Israeli-Palestinian settlement based on a two-state solution will preempt this development.
To preempt young Palestinians' wrath, he has refused to condemn their terror campaign and indirectly fueled anger over Israel's supposed violation of the status quo on the Temple Mount.

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