preemption
noun
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject
Types & categories
- legal principle hypernym
Related & opposite
- law domain topic
Sense 2 noun
the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property)
Types & categories
- legal right hypernym
Sense 3 noun
the right to purchase something in advance of others
Types & categories
- right hypernym
- preemptive right hyponym
- subscription right hyponym
Related & opposite
- preempt derivation
Sense 4 noun
a prior appropriation of something
the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests
Types & categories
- appropriation hypernym
Related & opposite
- preempt derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | legal principle |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | legal right |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | preempt |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | right |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | preemptive right |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | subscription right |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | preempt |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | appropriation |