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pre-empt [pri:ˈempt]a. [+ sb's decision, action] devancerb. ( = prevent) prévenir• you can pre-empt pain by taking a painkiller vous pouvez prévenir la douleur en prenant un analgésique* * *[ˌpriː'empt]transitive verb1) ( anticipate) anticiper [question, decision, move]; devancer [person]2) ( thwart) contrecarrer [action, plan] -
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pre-empt [-'empt]∎ the Prime Minister's decision pre-empted their plans for social reform la décision du Premier ministre a devancé leurs projets de réforme socialeCards (in bridge) faire une annonce de barrage -
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2 ( thwart) contrecarrer [action, plan] ; -
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LAW (land, property) acquérir par (droit de) préemption -
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1) prévenir; anticiper; devancer; prendre les devants; préjuger2) acquérir par droit de préemption; s'accaparer en priorité3) l'emporter sur; fam. couper l'herbe sous le pied à qqnEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > to pre-empt
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pre-emptive [pri:ˈemptɪv][attack, strike] préventif* * *[ˌpriː'emptɪv]adjective [strike, move, attack] préventif/-ive -
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pre-emptive [-'emptɪv](b) (strike, attack) préventif►► Cards pre-emptive bid (in bridge) annonce f de barrageUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > pre-emptive
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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 — (v.) also preempt, 1855, back formation from PRE EMPTION (Cf. pre emption), originally American English. In the broascasting sense, it is attested from 1965, American English, a euphemism for cancel. Related: pre empted; preempted … Etymology dictionary
pre-empt — ► VERB 1) take action in order to prevent (something) happening or (someone) from doing something. 2) obtain or take in advance. DERIVATIVES pre emptive adjective pre emptor noun … English terms 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 — [[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