Usually means: Acting before others to prevent.
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We found 9 dictionaries that define the word preemptively:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. preemptively: Merriam-Webster
  2. preemptively: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. preemptively: Vocabulary.com
  4. Preemptively, preemptively: Wordnik
  5. preemptively: Wiktionary
  6. preemptively: Dictionary.com
  7. preemptively: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. preemptively: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (preemptively)

▸ adverb:  In a preemptive manner.

Similar:
preemptorily, pre-emptively, preemptorally, preëmptively, peremptorally, preclusively, preactively, premonitorily, preveniently, anticipatorily, more...

Opposite:
reactively, responsively, after fact

Types:
forestall, avert, obviate, ward off, head off, prevent, stave off, more...

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Similar:
preemptorily, pre-emptively, preemptorally, preëmptively, peremptorally, preclusively, preactively, premonitorily, preveniently, anticipatorily, more...

Opposite:
reactively, responsively, after fact

Types:
forestall, avert, obviate, ward off, head off, prevent, stave off, more...



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