Definition of Preempting

1. Verb. (present participle of preempt) ¹

2. Verb. (present participle of preëmpt) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Preempting

1. preempt [v] - See also: preempt

Lexicographical Neighbors of Preempting

preeminence
preeminences
preeminent
preeminently
preemphasis
preemploy
preemployed
preemploying
preemployment
preemployment training program
preemploys
preempt
preemptable
preempted
preemptible
preempting (current term)
preemption
preemptioner
preemptioners
preemptions
preemptive
preemptive bid
preemptive right
preemptive self-defence
preemptive strike
preemptive strikes
preemptively
preemptor
preemptors
preemptory

Literary usage of Preempting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the Pilgrims and Puritans: Their Ancestry and Descendants; Basis by Joseph Dillaway Sawyer (1922)
"127 The Black Sheep 128 Youth Had Its Full Day in Pilgrim Times 129 Pilgrim Homes 129 CHAPTER III TRADING — FISHING — WHALING — FRUITS — preempting SITE OF ..."

2. Medical Records Confidentiality in a Changing Health Care Environment edited by James M. Jeffords (1999)
"THE NEED FOR UNIFORMITY Congress will create a high level of uniformity simply by preempting weaker state laws. Passage of any of the proposed Senate bills ..."

3. Together We Can: A Guide for Crafting a Profamily System of Education and by Atelia I. Melaville (1993)
"And without preempting or mandating, as you suggested in your talk, and using the word you used, encourage, how do we get the mentality up here to ..."

4. Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Bill, 1922 by United States Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations (1921)
"Senator, this is the essence of the whole matter: Great Britain is going in and is preempting the Russian markets. Senator SMOOT. I know it. Senator FRANCE. ..."

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