Definition of Preempt
Preempt
pre·empt
Definition/Meaning
(verb)
Take action in order to prevent something from happening or being done by someone else.
e.g. The company decided to preempt the competitor's announcement by releasing their own product first.
(verb)
to acquire or reserve something (especially space or land) in advance;
e.g. If you wish, you can preempt any of these rooms to host your event.
(verb)
to replace something with another thing that is considered to be more important or valuable;
e.g. This news story will preempt anything else the channel plans on airing this evening.
(verb)
to take something for oneself, to seize it so that other people are excluded from having/using it, especially used in context of commanding attention;
e.g. He aims to preempt the attention away from their mistakes.
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