Table of Contents POS
HYPHEN
WORDNET DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
ROGET THESAURUS

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun preemption has 4 senses

• preemption(n = noun.cognition) pre-emption - the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject; Array
is a kind of judicial doctrine, judicial principle, legal principle

• preemption(n = noun.attribute) pre-emption - the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property); Array
is a kind of legal right

• preemption(n = noun.attribute) pre-emption - the right to purchase something in advance of others; Array
is a kind of right
has particulars: preemptive right, subscription right
Derived form verb preempt₁

• preemption(n = noun.act) pre-emption - a prior appropriation of something; "the preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests"
is a kind of appropriation
Derived form verb preempt₁

THESAURUS

preemption

adoption, appropriation, arrogation, assumption, colonization, conquest, emption, enslavement, first option, first refusal, indent, occupation, option, preoccupation, prepossession, refusal, requisition, right of emption, right of preemption, subjugation, takeover, taking over, usurpation

ROGET THESAURUS

preemption

Purchase

N purchase, emption, buying, purchasing, shopping, preemption, refusal, coemption, bribery, slave trade, buyer, purchaser, emptor, vendee, patron, employer, client, customer, clientele, purchased, caveat emptor, the customer is always right.

For further exploring for "preemption" in Webster Dictionary Online