Englishئاساسىي لۇغەت
pre-empt
Universal Words
verb [VN]
1 to prevent sth from happening by taking action to stop it:
Her departure pre-empted any further questions. * A good training course will pre-empt many problems. * The government announced it had pre-empted a coup attempt.
2 to do or say sth before sb else does:
She was just about to apologize when he pre-empted her. * I do not want to pre-empt anything that the treasurer is going to say.
3 (AmE) to replace a planned programme on the television:
'Roseanne' will be pre-empted by a special news bulletin.
