preemption en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /priːˈɛmpʃən/
Etymology
From Medieval Latin praeēmptiō (“previous purchase”), from praeemō (“buy before”), from Latin prae- (“before”) + emō (“buy”).
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) An act or process that preempts; a preventive or forestalling action; as: ▸ The purchase of something before it is offered for sale to others.
- (countable, uncountable) An act or process that preempts; a preventive or forestalling action; as: ▸ The purchase of public land by the occupant.
- (countable, uncountable) An act or process that preempts; a preventive or forestalling action; as: ▸ The temporary interruption of a task without its cooperation and with the intention of resuming it at a later time.
- (countable, uncountable) An act or process that preempts; a preventive or forestalling action; as: ▸ The supersession of a conflicting law from a lower jurisdiction by an overlapping law from a higher jurisdiction.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| pre-emption | alternative | lexicographic | |
| præ-emption | alternative, archaic | lexicographic | |
| præemption | alternative, archaic | lexicographic | |
| preemptions | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| preëmption | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
preemptioner · preemptional · preempt
Synonyms
Translations (12)
pl wywłaszczenie (computing: temporary interruption of a process) · sh pravo prvokupa (the purchase of something before it is offered for sale) · ca preempció (the purchase of something before it is offered for sale) · pt preempção (computing: temporary interruption of a process) · de Vorrangwirkung (the displacement of a lower jurisdiction's laws when they conflict with those of a higher jurisdiction) · sh preče pravo kupovine (the purchase of something before it is offered for sale) · es preempción (the displacement of a lower jurisdiction's laws when they conflict with those of a higher jurisdiction) · fr préemption (the purchase of something before it is offered for sale) · de Vorkauf (the purchase of something before it is offered for sale) · de Präemption (computing: temporary interruption of a process) · pt preempção (the purchase of something before it is offered for sale) · pl pierwokup (the purchase of something before it is offered for sale)