preemptive
Definition
- Adjective:
- Done to prevent something from happening: An action taken to stop an anticipated event or situation before it occurs.
- Having priority or precedence: In law, especially property law, describing a right that takes precedence over others.
Usage
- The core meaning of preemptive involves acting first to gain an advantage or to block a potential future action by someone else.
- It is often used in contexts like military strategy, business, law, and computing.
Examples
- Adjective:
- The country launched a preemptive strike against the military base to neutralize the threat.
- The company made a preemptive bid to acquire the startup before its competitors could.
- A preemptive right allows a shareholder to buy new stock issues before the public.
Advanced Usage
- "preemptive action": An action taken to prevent something undesirable.
- The government took preemptive action by evacuating the coastal towns before the hurricane arrived.
- "preemptive multitasking": A computing system where the operating system can interrupt a running task.
- Modern operating systems use preemptive multitasking to manage multiple applications efficiently.
Variants and Related Words
- Preempt (verb): To take action to prevent something or to acquire something before others.
- The new policy will preempt any further disputes.
- Preemption (noun): The act or right of preempting.
- The federal law has preemption over state laws in this matter.
Synonyms
- Preventive: Designed to prevent something.
- Anticipatory: Done in anticipation of something.
- Proactive: Creating or controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than responding later.
Related Phrases
- Preemptive strike: An attack launched to defeat an imminent offensive.
- The general argued that a preemptive strike was a necessary defense.
- Preemptive right: A shareholder's right to maintain their percentage of ownership by buying new shares before they are offered publicly.
- Her preemptive right allowed her to invest more in the company's latest funding round.
Adjective
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designed or having the power to deter or prevent an anticipated situation or occurrence
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a preemptive business offer
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