pre-empt

pre-empt

(prɪˈɛmpt)

vb

1. (tr) to acquire in advance of or to the exclusion of others; appropriate

2. (Law) (tr) chiefly US to occupy (public land) in order to acquire a prior right to purchase

3. (Bridge) (intr) bridge to make a high opening bid, often on a weak hand, to shut out opposition bidding

pre-ˈemptor n

pre-ˈemptory adj

pre-empt

Past participle: pre-empted
Gerund: pre-empting

Imperative

pre-empt

pre-empt

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pre-empt - a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding preempt, preemptive bid bidding, bid - (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make

pre-empt

verb forestall, anticipate, prevent, steal a march on, get in before He pre-empted any decision to sack him

Translations

pre-empt

[priːˈempt] VT

1. [+ person, attack, opposition] → adelantarse a, anticiparse a
we found they had pre-empted us in buying it → encontramos que se nos habían adelantado a comprarlo
I did it to pre-empt any family arguments → lo hice para evitar discusiones familiares

2. (esp US) [+ public land] ocupar para ejercer la opción de compra prioritaria

pre-empt

[priˈɛmpt] preempt (US) vt

(= prevent) [+ pain, violence, incident] → prévenir

(= anticipate) [+ decision, move, plan] → devancer, anticiper

(LAW) [+ property] → préempter

pre-empt

vt → zuvorkommen (+dat); (Bridge) seinen Gegenspielern durch eine schwer zu überbietende Ansage zuvorkommen his decision to leave was pre-empted by his dismissal → die Entlassung kam seinem Entschluss wegzugehen zuvor

pre-empt

[ˌpriːˈɛmpt] vt → acquistare per diritto di prelazione (fig) → anticipare