Etymology dictionary. 2014.
pre-empt´er — pre|empt or pre empt «verb. pree EHMPT; noun. PREE ehmpt», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to secure before someone else can; acquire or take possession of beforehand: »The cat had preempted the comfortable chair. When Istanbul s mayor raised a feeble… … Useful english dictionary
pre|empt´er — pre|empt or pre empt «verb. pree EHMPT; noun. PREE ehmpt», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to secure before someone else can; acquire or take possession of beforehand: »The cat had preempted the comfortable chair. When Istanbul s mayor raised a feeble… … Useful english dictionary
pre|empt — or pre empt «verb. pree EHMPT; noun. PREE ehmpt», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to secure before someone else can; acquire or take possession of beforehand: »The cat had preempted the comfortable chair. When Istanbul s mayor raised a feeble protest, the… … Useful english dictionary
pre-empt — UK US (also preempt) /ˌpriːˈempt/ verb [T] ► to do or say something before someone else does, especially to prevent them doing or saying what they had planned or to prevent their action being effective: »The group raised its offer in an attempt… … Financial and business terms
pre-empt — preempt [priˈempt] v [T] [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: preemption (17 21 centuries), from Medieval Latin praeemere to buy before ] 1.) to make what someone has planned to do or say unnecessary or ineffective by saying or doing something first ▪ The… … Dictionary of contemporary English
pre-empt — ► VERB 1) take action in order to prevent (something) happening or (someone) from doing something. 2) obtain or take in advance. DERIVATIVES pre emptive adjective pre emptor noun … English terms dictionary
pre-empt — UK [priːˈempt] / US [prɪˈempt] verb [transitive] Word forms pre empt : present tense I/you/we/they pre empt he/she/it pre empts present participle pre empting past tense pre empted past participle pre empted to do or say something that stops… … English dictionary
pre-empt — [[t]priː e̱mpt[/t]] pre empts, pre empting, pre empted VERB If you pre empt an action, you prevent it from happening by doing something which makes it unnecessary or impossible. [V n] You can pre empt pain by taking a painkiller at the first… … English dictionary
pre-empt — /pri ˈɛmpt / (say pree empt) verb (t) 1. to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy: *They can t take away land that I pre empted near forty years back, can they, Brevis? –g.b. lancaster, 1933. 2. to acquire or appropriate… …
pre-empt — /pri: empt/ verb to get an advantage by doing something quickly before anyone else ● They staged a management buyout to pre empt a takeover bid … Marketing dictionary in english
