Usually means: Act first to prevent something.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word preempt:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. preempt: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. preempt: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. preempt: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. preempt: Vocabulary.com
  5. Preempt, preempt: Wordnik
  6. preempt: Wiktionary
  7. preempt: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. preempt (pre-empt): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. preempt: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. preempt: Dictionary.com
  11. preempt: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. Preempt: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Preempt: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. preempt: Rhymezone
  15. Preempt: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. preempt: Free Dictionary
  17. preempt: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. preempt: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  4. preempt: Legal dictionary

(Note: See preempting as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To appropriate first.
verb:  (transitive) To displace or take the place of (by having higher precedence, etc).
verb:  (transitive) To prevent or beat to the punch, to forestall an expected occurrence by acting first.
verb:  (transitive) To secure (land, etc.) by the right of preemption (purchasing before others, e.g. land because one already occupies it).
verb:  (bridge, intransitive) To make a preemptive bid at bridge.
noun:  (bridge) A preemptive bid.

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