pre-empt in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for pre-empt in the English»Spanish Dictionary

preempt [Am priˈɛmpt, Brit priːˈɛmpt] VB trans

1. preempt (forestall):

preempt attack/move

adelantarse a

she preempted their criticism by apologizing

evitó las críticas pidiendo excusas de antemano

3.1. preempt (take over):

preempt

apoderarse de

3.2. preempt:

preempt RADIO, TV

reemplazar

pre-empt in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for pre-empt in the English»Spanish Dictionary

pre-empt [ˌpri:ˈempt] VB trans form

pre-empt

adelantarse a

Translations for pre-empt in the Spanish»English Dictionary

pisar VB trans

1. pisar (poner el pie):

pisar

to tread

¡no pises las flores!

don't tread on the flowers!

me han pisado en el bus

sb trod on my foot on the bus

ir pisando huevos fig

to tread carefully

pisar los talones a alguien fig

to follow on sb's heels

pisar fuerte fig

to make a big impact

2. pisar (entrar):

pisar

to enter

3. pisar:

pisar (uvas, aceitunas)

to tread

pisar (tierra)

to tread down

4. pisar (humillar):

pisar

to walk all over

5. pisar inf (planes):

pisar

to pre-empt

con su proyecto me pisan el terreno

their plan has beaten me to it

me han pisado el tema

they have stolen my topic

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

This was essential so as to pre-empt its occupation by the enemy and any subsequent infiltration.

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It is not right to pre-empt that now.

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What can be done, however is this; you must pre-empt a default.

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So, the law ought to pre-empt what "would" happen, and be guided by the most efficient solution.

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It is impossible to pre-empt difficulties because there are no previous cases to reference.

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In addition, local affiliates may have chosen to pre-empt the episode, with anchors delivering the news live.

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He said he did not want to pre-empt the changes but there would be more details soon.

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However, it was later discovered that the cops had come prepared to pre-empt a clash between two groups.

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Local stations will be able to pre-empt the national programming.

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We need to pre-empt this verdict and make the judges in this district aware we won't tolerate this behavior by anyone.

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