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PREEMPT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding
Synonyms:
pre-empt; preempt; preemptive bid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("preempt" is a kind of...):
bid; bidding ((bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they preempt ... he / she / it preempts
Past simple: preempted
-ing form: preempting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "preempt" is one way to...):
bid; call (make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands)
Domain category:
bridge (any of various card games based on whist for four players)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
pre-emptive; preemptive (designed or having the power to deter or prevent an anticipated situation or occurrence)
preemptor (a bidder in bridge who makes a preemptive bid)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Acquire for oneself before others can do so
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "preempt" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
pre-emptive (designed or having the power to deter or prevent an anticipated situation or occurrence)
preemption (a prior appropriation of something)
preemption (the right to purchase something in advance of others)
preemptive (designed or having the power to deter or prevent an anticipated situation or occurrence)
preemptor (someone who acquires land by preemption)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land)
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "preempt" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Take the place of or have precedence over
Example:
discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor
Synonyms:
displace; preempt
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "preempt" is one way to...):
replace; supersede; supervene upon; supplant (take the place or move into the position of)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something