| PREEMPLOYMENT | • preemployment adj. Before employment. • PREEMPLOYMENT adj. preceding employment. |
| PREEMPT | • preempt v. (Transitive) To appropriate first. • preempt v. (Transitive) To displace or take the place of (by having higher precedence, etc). • preempt v. (Transitive) To prevent or beat to the punch, to forestall an expected occurrence by acting first. |
| PREEMPTED | • preempted v. Simple past tense and past participle of preempt. • preëmpted v. Simple past tense and past participle of preëmpt. • pre-empted v. Simple past tense and past participle of pre-empt. |
| PREEMPTING | • preempting v. Present participle of preempt. • preëmpting v. Present participle of preëmpt. • pre-empting v. Present participle of pre-empt. |
| PREEMPTION | • preemption n. An act or process that preempts; a preventive or forestalling action; as… • preëmption n. Rare spelling of preemption. • pre-emption n. Alternative spelling of preemption. |
| PREEMPTIONS | • preemptions n. Plural of preemption. • preëmptions n. Plural of preëmption. • pre-emptions n. Plural of pre-emption. |
| PREEMPTIVE | • preemptive adj. Of or relating to preemption. • preemptive adj. Made so as to deter an anticipated unpleasant situation. • preemptive adj. (Bridge, of a high-level bid) Intended to interfere with an opponent’s bidding. |
| PREEMPTIVELY | • preemptively adv. In a preemptive manner. • preëmptively adv. Rare spelling of preemptively. • pre-emptively adv. Alternative spelling of preemptively. |
| PREEMPTOR | • preemptor n. One who preempts; especially one who appropriates public land. • preëmptor n. One who preëmpts. • PREEMPTOR n. one who preempts. |
| PREEMPTORS | • preemptors n. Plural of preemptor. • preëmptors n. Plural of preëmptor. • PREEMPTOR n. one who preempts. |
| PREEMPTS | • preempts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preempt. • preempts n. Plural of preempt. • preëmpts v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preëmpt. |