pre-empt
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /pɹiːˈɛmpt/
Verb
pre-empt (third-person singular simple present pre-empts, present participle pre-empting, simple past and past participle pre-empted)
- Alternative spelling of preempt
- 2020 August 26, “Network News: Shapps orders rapid review of flash flood resilience from NR”, in Rail, page 8:
- At the same time, NR Chief Executive Andrew Haines said: "I will not pre-empt the outcome of the investigation into this awful event, but it is clear the weather was appalling and there were floods and landslips in the area.
Further reading
- “pre-empt”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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