Usually means: Act before others to prevent.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. pre-empt, pre-empt: Collins English Dictionary
  2. pre-empt: Vocabulary.com
  3. Pre-empt, pre-empt: Wordnik
  4. pre-empt: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. pre-empt: Wiktionary
  6. pre-empt: Dictionary.com
  7. pre-empt: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. pre-empt: FreeDictionary.org
  9. pre-empt: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. pre-empt: TheFreeDictionary.com

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pre-empt: Fifthchair Bridge

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▸ verb:  Alternative spelling of preempt [(transitive) To appropriate first.]

Similar:
preempt, preplace, prechoose, pre-arrange, pre-establish, preassign, preallot, preappoint, pre-announce, preclear, more...

Opposite:
yield, surrender, concede, give up, relinquish

Types:
pre-emptive strike, pre-emptive right, pre-emptive action, more...

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Similar:
preempt, preplace, prechoose, pre-arrange, pre-establish, preassign, preallot, preappoint, pre-announce, preclear, more...

Opposite:
yield, surrender, concede, give up, relinquish

Types:
pre-emptive strike, pre-emptive right, pre-emptive action, more...



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