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1 pre-empt
[ˌpriː'empt]1) (anticipate) anticipare [question, decision, move]; precedere [ person]2) (thwart) ostacolare, contrastare [action, plan]* * *[ˌpriː'empt]1) (anticipate) anticipare [question, decision, move]; precedere [ person]2) (thwart) ostacolare, contrastare [action, plan] -
2 (to) pre-empt
(to) pre-empt /pri:ˈɛmpt/v. t.2 accaparrarsi; assicurarsi; impossessarsi di (qc.)4 prevenire; rendere inutile; frustrare; superare (fig.); mandare a vuoto (qc.). -
3 (to) pre-empt
(to) pre-empt /pri:ˈɛmpt/v. t.2 accaparrarsi; assicurarsi; impossessarsi di (qc.)4 prevenire; rendere inutile; frustrare; superare (fig.); mandare a vuoto (qc.). -
4 exempt ex·empt
[ɪɡ'zɛmpt]1. adjexempt (from) — (person: from tax) esentato (-a) (da), (from military service etc) esonerato (-a) (da), (goods) esente (da)
2. vtto exempt (from)(see adj) — esentare (da); esonerare (da)
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5 pre-empt vt
[ˌpriː'ɛmpt]acquistare per diritto di prelazione, fig anticipare -
6 emptiness
['emptɪnɪs]nome (of ideas) vacuità f.; (of space, life) vuoto m.; (of promise, hopes) vanità f.* * *noun vuoto, vuotaggine* * *emptiness /ˈɛmptɪnəs/n. [u]2 vuotaggine; vacuità; vanità; futilità.* * *['emptɪnɪs]nome (of ideas) vacuità f.; (of space, life) vuoto m.; (of promise, hopes) vanità f. -
7 empty-handed
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8 empty-headed
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9 empty
I 1. ['emptɪ]1) (lacking people) [room, street] vuoto, deserto; [ desk] vuoto, liberoto stand empty — [ house] essere vuoto; [ office] essere vacante
2) (lacking contents) [box, page, stomach] vuoto3) (unfulfilled) [promise, dream] vano; [argument, gesture] vuoto4) (purposeless) [life, days] vuoto2. II 1. ['emptɪ]verbo transitivo vuotare, svuotare [building, container, mind]; versare [ liquid]2.verbo intransitivo [building, container] vuotarsi, svuotarsi; [ river] buttarsi; [ contents] riversarsi* * *['empti] 1. adjective1) (having nothing inside: an empty box; an empty cup.) vuoto2) (unoccupied: an empty house.) vuoto3) ((with of) completely without: a street quite empty of people.) vuoto4) (having no practical result; (likely to be) unfulfilled: empty threats.) vano2. verb1) (to make or become empty: He emptied the jug; The cinema emptied quickly at 10.30; He emptied out his pockets.) vuotare, vuotarsi2) (to tip, pour, or fall out of a container: She emptied the milk into a pan; The rubbish emptied on to the ground.) vuotare3. noun(an empty bottle etc: Take the empties back to the shop.) vuoto- empty-handed
- empty-headed* * *I 1. ['emptɪ]1) (lacking people) [room, street] vuoto, deserto; [ desk] vuoto, liberoto stand empty — [ house] essere vuoto; [ office] essere vacante
2) (lacking contents) [box, page, stomach] vuoto3) (unfulfilled) [promise, dream] vano; [argument, gesture] vuoto4) (purposeless) [life, days] vuoto2. II 1. ['emptɪ]verbo transitivo vuotare, svuotare [building, container, mind]; versare [ liquid]2.verbo intransitivo [building, container] vuotarsi, svuotarsi; [ river] buttarsi; [ contents] riversarsi -
10 pre-emptive
[ˌpriː'emptɪv]aggettivo mil. [strike, attack] preventivo* * *pre-emptive /pri:ˈɛmptɪv/a.● pre-emptive right, (leg.) diritto di prelazione; (fin.) diritto di opzione.* * *[ˌpriː'emptɪv]aggettivo mil. [strike, attack] preventivo
См. также в других словарях:
empt — empt; ex·empt; pre·empt; … English syllables
empt — ˈem(p)t verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Middle English empten, emptien, from Old English ǣmettigian to empty, be at leisure, from ǣmtig, ǣmettig empty, unoccupied more at empty now dialect : empty … Useful english dictionary
pre-empt — UK [priːˈempt] / US [prɪˈempt] verb [transitive] Word forms pre empt : present tense I/you/we/they pre empt he/she/it pre empts present participle pre empting past tense pre empted past participle pre empted to do or say something that stops… … English dictionary
pre-empt´er — pre|empt or pre empt «verb. pree EHMPT; noun. PREE ehmpt», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to secure before someone else can; acquire or take possession of beforehand: »The cat had preempted the comfortable chair. When Istanbul s mayor raised a feeble… … Useful english dictionary
pre|empt´er — pre|empt or pre empt «verb. pree EHMPT; noun. PREE ehmpt», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to secure before someone else can; acquire or take possession of beforehand: »The cat had preempted the comfortable chair. When Istanbul s mayor raised a feeble… … Useful english dictionary
pre|empt — or pre empt «verb. pree EHMPT; noun. PREE ehmpt», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to secure before someone else can; acquire or take possession of beforehand: »The cat had preempted the comfortable chair. When Istanbul s mayor raised a feeble protest, the… … Useful english dictionary
pre-empt — UK US (also preempt) /ˌpriːˈempt/ verb [T] ► to do or say something before someone else does, especially to prevent them doing or saying what they had planned or to prevent their action being effective: »The group raised its offer in an attempt… … Financial and business terms
pre-empt — preempt [priˈempt] v [T] [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: preemption (17 21 centuries), from Medieval Latin praeemere to buy before ] 1.) to make what someone has planned to do or say unnecessary or ineffective by saying or doing something first ▪ The… … Dictionary of contemporary English
pre-empt — [[t]priː e̱mpt[/t]] pre empts, pre empting, pre empted VERB If you pre empt an action, you prevent it from happening by doing something which makes it unnecessary or impossible. [V n] You can pre empt pain by taking a painkiller at the first… … English dictionary
pre-empt — /pri ˈɛmpt / (say pree empt) verb (t) 1. to occupy (land) in order to establish a prior right to buy: *They can t take away land that I pre empted near forty years back, can they, Brevis? –g.b. lancaster, 1933. 2. to acquire or appropriate… …
pre-empt — /pri: empt/ verb to get an advantage by doing something quickly before anyone else ● They staged a management buyout to pre empt a takeover bid … Marketing dictionary in english