preemptive

See also: preëmptive and pre-emptive

English

Alternative forms

• preëmptive
• pre-emptive

Etymology

preempt +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹiːˈɛmp.tɪv/

• Audio (US)

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Adjective

preemptive (comparative more preemptive, superlative most preemptive)

1. Of or relating to preemption.
2. Made so as to deter an anticipated unpleasant situation.

   a preemptive attack on the enemy

3. (bridge, of a high-level bid) Intended to interfere with an opponent's bidding.

Derived terms

• preemptively
• preemptive right
• preemptive self-defence
• preemptive strike
• preemptive therapy

 

Translations

of or relating to preemption

• French: préemptif (fr) m
• Persian: پیش‌دستانه (piš-dastâne)
• Portuguese: preventivo
• Spanish: preventivo (es)

so as to deter an anticipated unpleasant situation

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 先發制人嘅／先发制人嘅 (sin¹ faat³ zai³ jan⁴ ge³)

• French: préemptif (fr), préventif (fr)
• German: vorbeugend (de)
• Italian: preventivo (it)
• Persian: پیش‌دستانه (piš-dastâne)
• Portuguese: preventivo
• Spanish: preventivo (es)

in bridge, intended to interfere with an opponent's bidding

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• Arabic: وِقَائِيّ (wiqāʔiyy)
• Dutch: preventief (nl)
• German: bevorzugt (de), präemptiv, vorbeugend (de)
• Russian: предупрежда́ющий (ru) (predupreždájuščij), предупреди́тельный (ru) (predupredítelʹnyj), (medicine)профилакти́ческий (ru) (profilaktíčeskij),
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: преемптивно

  Roman: preemptivno

• Spanish: preventivo (es)
• Swedish: förebyggande (sv)
• Turkish: (computing) duraklatılma, (business) satın almada öncelikli (tr)