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1 preempt
preempt [pri'ɛmpt] vt1) appropriate: apoderarse de, apropriarse de2) : reemplazar (un programa de televisión, etc.)3) forestall: adelantarse a (un ataque, etc.) -
2 preempt
v.1 tener predominancia sobre.2 sustituir.3 adelantarse a tomar posesión de, posesionarse de, adelantarse a tomar, tomar posesión por derecho de prioridad.4 comprar con derecho preferente. (pt & pp preempted) -
3 forestall
tr[fɔː'stɔːl]1 (preempt) anticiparse a2 (prevent) prevenirforestall [for'stɔl] vt1) prevent: prevenir, impedir2) preempt: adelantarse av.• anticipar v.• impedir v.• prevenir v.(§pres: -vengo, -vienes...-venimos) pret: -vin-fut: -vendr-•)fɔːr'stɔːl, fɔː'stɔːla) ( prevent) prevenir*, impedir*b) ( preempt) adelantarse or anticiparse a[fɔː'stɔːl]VT (=anticipate) [+ event, accident] prevenir; [+ rival, competitor] adelantarse a; (Comm) acaparar* * *[fɔːr'stɔːl, fɔː'stɔːl]a) ( prevent) prevenir*, impedir*b) ( preempt) adelantarse or anticiparse a -
4 anticipate
æn'tisəpeit1) (to expect (something): I'm not anticipating any trouble.) esperar, contar con2) (to see what is going to be wanted, required etc in the future and do what is necessary: A businessman must try to anticipate what his customers will want.) prever•tr[æn'tɪsɪpeɪt]1 (expect) esperar2 (get ahead of) adelantarse a■ we wanted to be first, but the others anticipated us quisimos ser los primeros, pero los otros se nos adelantaron3 (forsee) anticiparse a, prever■ you should try to anticipate your opponent's next move debes intentar anticiparte al movimiento de tu oponente1) foresee: anticipar, prever2) expect: esperar, contar conv.• adelantar v.• anticipar v.• impedir v.• prever v.(§pres: preveo, preves...) imp. preve-•)æn'tɪsəpeɪt, æn'tɪsɪpeɪt1)a) ( expect) \<\<consequences\>\> prever*it was more difficult than anticipated — resultó más difícil de lo que se había previsto or de lo que se esperaba
to anticipate -ing — tener* previsto + inf
b) ( look forward to) esperar2)a) ( foresee and act accordingly) \<\<movements/objections/needs\>\> prever*I anticipated the blow — vi venir* el golpe
b) ( preempt) anticiparse a, adelantarse a[æn'tɪsɪpeɪt]1. VT1) (=expect) [+ trouble, pleasure] esperar, contar conthe police anticipated trouble — la policía esperaba disturbios, la policía contaba con que hubiera disturbios
I anticipate seeing him tomorrow — espero or cuento con verlo mañana
as anticipated — según se esperaba, como esperábamos
the anticipated audience did not materialize — no apareció el público que se esperaba or con que se había contado
to anticipate that... — prever que..., calcular que...
do you anticipate that this will be easy? — ¿crees que esto va a resultar fácil?
we anticipate that he will come in spite of everything — contamos con que or esperamos que venga a pesar de todo
2) (=foresee) [+ event] prever; [+ question, objection, wishes] anticiparanticipated cost — (Comm) coste m previsto
anticipated profit — beneficios mpl previstos
3) (=forestall) [+ person] anticiparse a, adelantarse a; [+ event] anticiparse a, preveniryou have anticipated my wishes — usted se ha anticipado or adelantado a mis deseos
you have anticipated my orders — (wrongly) usted ha actuado sin esperar mis órdenes
2.VI (=act too soon) anticiparse* * *[æn'tɪsəpeɪt, æn'tɪsɪpeɪt]1)a) ( expect) \<\<consequences\>\> prever*it was more difficult than anticipated — resultó más difícil de lo que se había previsto or de lo que se esperaba
to anticipate -ing — tener* previsto + inf
b) ( look forward to) esperar2)a) ( foresee and act accordingly) \<\<movements/objections/needs\>\> prever*I anticipated the blow — vi venir* el golpe
b) ( preempt) anticiparse a, adelantarse a
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