preëmpt

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To appropriate first.

   “He preempted that hill to be its king.”

2. fiil To displace or take the place of (by having higher precedence, etc).

   “Floppy disks were preempted by CDs.”

3. fiil To prevent or beat to the punch, to forestall an expected occurrence by acting first.

   “By his statement, the Secretary-General had effectively preempted the usual frustrating debates over questions of fact and law.”

4. fiil To secure (land, etc.) by the right of preemption (purchasing before others, e.g. land because one already occupies it).
5. fiil To make a preemptive bid at bridge.
6. isim A preemptive bid.
7. fiil Dated spelling of preempt.

   “He was appointed probate judge by Governor Medary in 1859, and under the territorial laws it became his duty to preëmpt the townsite of Burlington, which he did, his predecessor, W. R. Saunders, having resigned to escape that duty.”