preempt
To appropriate firstTo appropriate first.
Meaning
5 senses(transitive)To appropriate first.
He preempted that hill to be its king.
zuvorkommen, vorgreifen, in Beschlag nehmen
(transitive)To displace or take the place of (by having higher precedence, etc).
Floppy disks were preempted by CDs.
ersetzen, verdrängen
take the place of or have precedence over
(transitive)To prevent or beat to the punch, to forestall an expected occurrence by acting first.
(transitive)To secure (land, etc.) by the right of preemption (purchasing before others, e.g. land because one already occupies it).
(intransitive)To make a preemptive bid at bridge.
höher bieten
make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 3
Origin
Back-formation from preemption.Back-formation from preemption.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
preempts, preempting, preempted, preemptedSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.