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preemptive

or ±è°ù±ð-±ð³¾±è·³Ù¾±±¹±ð

[ pree-emp-tiv ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to preemption.
  2. taken as a measure against something possible, anticipated, or feared; preventive; deterrent:

    a preemptive tactic against a ruthless business rival.

  3. preempting or possessing the power to preempt; appropriative; privileged:

    a commander's preemptive authority.

  4. Bridge. pertaining to, involving, or noting an opening bid or an overcall in a suit that is at an unnecessarily high level and that is essentially a defensive maneuver designed to make communication between one's opponents more difficult:

    a preemptive bid; to give a preemptive response.



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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è°ù±ð·±ð³¾±è·³Ù¾±±¹±ð·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of preemptive1

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95; preempt + -ive
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A flashback shows the pair arguing over their living situation; he’s enthusiastic about relocating the family to the farmhouse, and she’s preemptively suffocating from seclusion’s effects on her work as an artist.

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Still more have preemptively yanked products from their shelves.

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So, no one should have been surprised by the news that the president now wants to undo the preemptive pardons Joe Biden granted on his way out of the White House — a wildly unconstitutional proposition.

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Despite the vagueness of the order, some schools are moving to preemptively comply with the untested order, scrubbing their websites of mentions of diversity and changing programming.

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Edison has said it preemptively cut power to a limited number of lower-capacity distribution lines — the sort typically carried by wooden poles to individual homes and businesses — in areas closest to Eaton Canyon.

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