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How to pronounce “preempt”
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Pronunciation guide for preempt
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of preempt with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- A virus detection network to stop the next pandemic
Christian Happi: Sentinel is a proactive early warning system to preempt pandemics.
- Definition summary
- (transitive) To appropriate first.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce preempt
A virus detection network to stop the next pandemic
Christian Happi: Sentinel is a proactive early warning system to preempt pandemics.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “preempt”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To appropriate first.
- (transitive) To displace or take the place of (by having higher precedence, etc).
- (transitive) To prevent or beat to the punch, to forestall an expected occurrence by acting first.
- (transitive) To secure (land, etc.) by the right of preemption (purchasing before others, e.g. land because one already occupies it).
- (bridge, intransitive) To make a preemptive bid at bridge.
- [Noun]
- (bridge) A preemptive bid.
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