pre-empt

See also: preempt and preëmpt

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)

1. 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.

Anagrams

• perempt