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Definition of Preempt

1. Verb. Acquire for oneself before others can do so.

2. Noun. A high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding.

3. Verb. Take the place of or have precedence over. "Discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor"

4. Verb. Gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land).

5. Verb. Make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge.

Definition of Preempt

1. Verb. (transitive) to appropriate something (before someone else does) ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) to displace something, or take precedence over something ¹

3. Verb. (bridge intransitive) to make a preemptive bid at bridge ¹

4. Verb. (nonstandard) (alternative spelling of preempt) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Preempt

1. to acquire by prior right [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Preempt

preemergence preemergent preemie preemies preeminence preeminences preeminent preeminently preemphasis preemploy

preemployed preemploying preemployment preemployment training program preemploys preempt (current term) preemptable preempted preemptible preempting

preemption preemptioner preemptioners preemptions preemptive preemptive bid preemptive right preemptive self-defence preemptive strike preemptive strikes

Literary usage of Preempt

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Beating International Terrorism: An Action Strategy for Preemption and by Stephen Sloan (1992)
"The Need to Apply Terrorist Organizational Doctrine to Counter and preempt Terrorism As one moves beyond the threat posed by terrorist states and ..."

2. A Concise Manual of Style by Hiram Allan Reed, American Baptist Publication Society (1920)
"Omit hyphen in such words as cooperation, coordination, preeminence, preempt, reelect, etc., also in such names as Fairfax ..."

3. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Food and Drugs, Pt. 800-1299, Revised by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"The following are examples of State on local requirements that are not regarded as preempted by section 521 of the act: (1) Section 521(a) does not preempt ..."

4. Pesticides in the Terrestrial and Aquatic Environments: Second National edited by Diana L. Weigmann (1994)
"By 1998, a total of 30 states had some form of preemption in tobacco control—14 preempt some or all clean indoor air ordinances, 22 preempt some or all ..."

5. Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California by California Supreme Court, Bancroft-Whitney Company, California, Supreme Court (1886)
"Inhabitancy, a lona fi.de residence upon the land, is one of the indispensable conditions to be complied with by a party seeking to preempt. ..."

6. Reports of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada by Nevada Supreme Court (1868)
"There is a law of the United States allowing occupants who possess certain qualifications, and who have made a certain character of improvements, to preempt ..."

7. Medical Records Confidentiality in a Changing Health Care Environment edited by James M. Jeffords (1999)
"Again, the federal law could preempt this state statute because there is no exception in the federal bills for regulated drugs. In addition, the pharmacist ..."

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