Usually means: Acting before potential issue arises.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. pre-emptive, pre-emptive: Collins English Dictionary
  2. pre-emptive: Vocabulary.com
  3. Pre-Emptive, Pre-emptive, pre-emptive: Wordnik
  4. pre-emptive: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. pre-emptive: Wiktionary
  6. pre-emptive: Dictionary.com
  7. pre-emptive: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  8. pre-emptive: FreeDictionary.org
  9. pre-emptive: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. pre-emptive: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pre-emptive: Legal dictionary

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  1. pre-emptive: Encyclopedia

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▸ adjective:  Alternative spelling of preemptive [Of or relating to preemption.]

Similar:
prejudical, preventative, pre-eminent, pre-occlusion, preëminent, pre-instructional, pre-nuptial, pre-conditional, praefectorial, pre-release, more...

Opposite:
reactive, responsive, defensive, passive

Types:
anticipatory, proactive, preventive, foresightful, more...

Phrases:
pre-emptive strike, pre-emptive multitasking, pre-emptive analgesia, pre-emptive right, Fixed-priority pre-emptive scheduling, more...

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Similar:
prejudical, preventative, pre-eminent, pre-occlusion, preëminent, pre-instructional, pre-nuptial, pre-conditional, praefectorial, pre-release, more...

Opposite:
reactive, responsive, defensive, passive

Types:
anticipatory, proactive, preventive, foresightful, more...

Phrases:
pre-emptive strike, pre-emptive multitasking, pre-emptive analgesia, pre-emptive right, Fixed-priority pre-emptive scheduling, more...



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