preempt

See also: preëmpt and pre-empt

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Back-formation from preemption.

Verb

preempt (third-person singular simple present preempts, present participle preempting, simple past and past participle preempted)

(transitive) to appropriate something (before someone else does) (Can we add an example for this sense?)
(transitive) to displace something, or take precedence over something (Can we add an example for this sense?)
(bridge, intransitive) to make a preemptive bid at bridge

Synonyms

(supersede sth): ninja (internet slang)

Derived terms

Translations

to appropriate something

German: zuvorkommen, vorgreifen

to displace something

to make a preemptive bid

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Arabic: يستبق‎ m

Noun

preempt (plural preempts)

(bridge) A preemptive bid.

Anagrams

perempt

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