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- pronunciation:
- pri
empt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
preempts, pre-empts, preempting, pre-empting, preempted, pre-empted |
| definition 1: |
to occupy a place or take up a position in order to acquire a right to it.
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| definition 2: |
to seize or appropriate ahead of others.
The seniors hurried in and preempted the seats in the front rows. |
| definition 3: |
to gain precedence or preeminence over.
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| definition 4: |
to substitute for, as one television program for another.
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| derivation: |
preemptor (pre-emptor) (n.) |
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