The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Preempt — (also spelled Pre empt ) is a bid in contract bridge whose primary function is to take up bidding space from the opponents. A preemptive bid is usually made by jumping , i.e. skipping one or more bidding levels. Since it deprives the opponents of … Wikipedia
preempt — pre·empt /prē empt/ vt 1 a: to acquire (land) by preemption b: to seize upon to the exclusion of others: take for oneself a senior user of a trademark could not preempt use of the mark in remote geographical markets Mesa Springs Enterprises v.… … Law dictionary
preempt — pre‧empt [priːˈempt] also pre empt verb [transitive] to make what someone else has planned to do or say unnecessary, impossible, or ineffective by doing or saying something first: • The salesperson may try to pre empt the customer s objections. • … Financial and business terms
preempt — *arrogate, usurp, appropriate, confiscate Analogous words: *take, seize, grasp, grab: *exclude, eliminate, shut out, debar … New Dictionary of Synonyms
preempt — [v] take over in place of another accroach, acquire, annex, anticipate, appropriate, arrogate, assume, bump, commandeer, confiscate, expropriate, obtain, seize, sequester, take, usurp; concepts 121,142,234 … New thesaurus
preempt — ☆ preempt or pre empt [prē empt′ ] vt. [back form. < PREEMPTION] 1. to acquire (public land) by preemption 2. to seize before anyone else can, excluding others; appropriate beforehand 3. Radio TV to replace (a regularly scheduled program) vi.… … English World dictionary
PREEMPT RT — Linux rt Linux rt (où RT signifie Real Time) est le nom du système d exploitation temps réel libre obtenu par l application du Patch officiel PREEMPT RT (maintenu par Ingo Molnar) sur le noyau Linux standard. Un tel noyau est par exemple fourni… … Wikipédia en Français
Preempt-rt — Linux rt Linux rt (où RT signifie Real Time) est le nom du système d exploitation temps réel libre obtenu par l application du Patch officiel PREEMPT RT (maintenu par Ingo Molnar) sur le noyau Linux standard. Un tel noyau est par exemple fourni… … Wikipédia en Français
preempt — preemptible, adj. preemptor /pree emp tawr, teuhr/, n. preemptory /pree emp teuh ree/, adj. /pree empt /, v.t. 1. to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy. 2. to acquire or appropriate before someone else; take for oneself;… … Universalium
preempt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. commandeer, usurp, occupy, arrogate. See earliness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. acquire, seize, appropriate; see obtain 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [pree EMPT] to take the… … English dictionary for students
