preempt
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 noun
a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding
Types & categories
- bidding hypernym
Sense 2 verb
acquire for oneself before others can do so
Types & categories
- get hypernym
Related & opposite
- preemption derivation
- preemption derivation
- preemptor derivation
- preemptive derivation
Sense 3 verb
take the place of or have precedence over
live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour
Types & categories
- supplant hypernym
Sense 4 verb
gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land)
Types & categories
- get hypernym
Sense 5 verb
make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge
Types & categories
- bid hypernym
Related & opposite
- preemptor derivation
- preemptive derivation
- bridge domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bidding |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | preemption |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | preemption |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | preemptor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | preemptive |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | get |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | supplant |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | get |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | preemptor |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | preemptive |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | bridge |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | bid |