安裝中文字典英文字典辭典工具!
安裝中文字典英文字典辭典工具!
|
- PREEMPT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of PREEMPT is to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption How to use preempt in a sentence
- PREEMPT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
PREEMPT definition: 1 to prevent something from happening by taking action first: 2 If a broadcast is preempted, it… Learn more
- PREEMPT Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Preempt definition: to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy See examples of PREEMPT used in a sentence
- pre-empt verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
pre-empt somebody something to do or say something before somebody else does She was just about to apologize when he pre-empted her I do not want to pre-empt anything that the treasurer is going to say It would be wrong for me to pre-empt any future decision the committee might make
- Preempt - definition of preempt by The Free Dictionary
To take action to prevent (an event or other action) from happening; forestall: "The [Joint] Chiefs proposed the use of nuclear weapons to preempt China's anticipated attack on Formosa" (James Carroll)
- preempt - WordReference. com Dictionary of English
preempt - WordReference English dictionary, questions, discussion and forums All Free
- PRE-EMPT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
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 [VERB noun] He pre-empted any decision to sack him [VERB noun] The government pre-empted a threatened strike at the state-owned copper company [VERB noun]
- preempt - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
preempt (third-person singular simple present preempts, present participle preempting, simple past and past participle preempted) (transitive) To appropriate first quotations He preempted that hill to be its king
|
|
|