pre-empt

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pre-empt pre-empts pre-empting pre-empted in AM, usually use preempt If you pre-empt an action, you prevent it from happening by doing something which makes it unnecessary or impossible. You can pre-empt pain by taking a painkiller at the first warning sign He pre-empted any decision to sack him + pre-emption pre-emption Pre-emption was the only method of averting defeat
preempt
to appropriate something (before someone else does)
preëmpt
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Courts and arbitrators should therefore think twice before interpreting the Convention so expansively as to preëmpt domestic rules designed to provide parties to sales (and other) contracts with alternative bases of remedial relief.

preempt
to secure the right of preference in the purchase of public land
pre empt
take action in order to prevent (an attack or other anticipated event) happening; forestall
pre empt
acquire or appropriate in advance. - N. Amer. acquire by pre-emption
pre empt
make a high opening bid in order to prevent the opponents from bidding effectively
preempt
to displace something, or take precedence over something
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preemptive
preempt
The act of forcing a task to relinquish the processor and dispatching to another task
preempt
{f} occupy a place, take a place; obtain at an advance opportunity, acquire by preemptive right
preempt
acquire by preemption
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to make a preemptive bid at bridge
preempt
To take precedence over
preempt
make a preemptive bid
preempt
The currently executing thread may be preempted, or forced to yield control, by a higher priority thread that becomes eligible to run during its timeslice
preempt
make a preemptive bid acquire by preemption
pre-empt
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