Usually means: Act before others to prevent.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word pre empt:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. pre empt: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pre-empt, pre-empt: Collins English Dictionary
  3. pre-empt: Vocabulary.com
  4. Pre-empt, pre-empt: Wordnik
  5. pre-empt: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. pre-empt: Wiktionary
  7. pre-empt: Dictionary.com
  8. pre-empt: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. pre-empt: FreeDictionary.org
  10. pre-empt: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. pre-empt: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pre empt: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pre-empt: Fifthchair Bridge



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