ˈemptɪnɪs
1empt — empt; ex·empt; pre·empt; …
2empt — 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 …
3pre-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… …
4pre-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… …
5pre|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… …
6pre|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… …
7pre-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… …
8pre-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… …
9pre-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… …
10pre-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… …
