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Definition: Preemptive |
PreemptiveAdjective1. Designed or having the power to deter or prevent an anticipated situation or occurrence; "a preemptive business offer. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Preemptive |
| English words defined with "preemptive": preempt, pre-emptor. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "preemptive": FreeBSD ♦ Novell DOS ♦ priority scheduling ♦ Windows CE. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | As in previous years, the Chinese delegation introduced a preemptive motion to take no action on the resolution. (references) | |
Economic History | Libya | Qadhafi's security forces launched a preemptive strike at alleged coup plotters in the military and among the Warfallah tribe in October 1993. Widespread arrests and government reshufflings followed, accompanied by public "confessions" from regime opponents and allegations of torture and executions. (references) |
Estonia | In a preemptive move against the far right, Estonia's first and also then-president, Konstantin Pats, dissolved parliament and governed the country by decree. (references) | |
Political Economy | REPUBLIC OF KOREA | While preemptive and predatory filings are on the decline, "sleeper" preemptive registrations still surface on occasion. (references) |
Trade | Malaysia | The government has taken a number of preemptive measures to strengthen Malaysia's banking system, which has come under increasing stress since the onset of the regional financial crisis in mid-1997. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Tom Daschle | Well, see, that's one area where I think clarification may be necessary. Our view is that it is appropriate to take a preemptive strike, if a country is developing weapons of mass destruction that may undermine our own national security. |
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| "Preemptive" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Preemptive" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 11 | 106,044 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "preemptive": issue with preemptive right ♦ preemptive attack ♦ preemptive bid ♦ preemptive right ♦ preemptive strike ♦ preemptive subscription right. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
preemptive | 9 |
preemptive strike | 8 |
preemptive right | 5 |
preemptive multitasking | 4 |
preemptive war | 3 |
deterministic fully kernel preemptive prkernelv4 | 2 |
preemptive scheduling | 2 |
in iraq preemptive strike | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "preemptive"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 先发制人. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | værdipapir til hvilket der er knyttet en tegningsret (security which carries a preemptive right), udøvelse af fortegningsretten (exercise of a preemptive right, exercise of the right of pre-emption), tegningsrettighed (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stock option, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription option, subscription right), tegningsretsbevis (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), tegningsret (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), tegningsindbydelse med fortegningsret (irrevocable subscription, subscription on a preemptive basis), fortegningsret (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), emission med fortegningsret (issue with preemptive right, rights issue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | inschrijvingsrecht (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), claim (claim, presumption, pretence), claimemissie (issue with preemptive right, rights issue), claimrecht (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), effect waaraan een voorkeurrecht is verbonden (security which carries a preemptive right), emissie met voorkeurrecht (issue with preemptive right, rights issue), bevoorrechte inschrijving (irrevocable subscription, subscription on a preemptive basis), inschrijving ten onherleidbare titel (irrevocable subscription, subscription on a preemptive basis), voorkooprecht (First refusal right, Preemptive right), intekeningsrecht (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), optierecht (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stock option, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription option, subscription right), recht van voorkeur (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), recht van voorkoop (First refusal right, Preemptive right), uitoefening van het voorkeurrecht (exercise of a preemptive right, exercise of the right of pre-emption), voorkeursrecht (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), inschrijving met recht van voorkeur (irrevocable subscription, subscription on a preemptive basis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | merkintäoikeus (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | titre assorti d'un droit de souscription (security which carries a preemptive right), souscription titre préférentiel (subscription on a preemptive basis), souscription titre irréductible (subscription on a preemptive basis), exercice du droit préférentiel (exercise of a preemptive right, exercise of the right of pre-emption), droit préférentiel de souscription (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right), droit de souscription (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right), droit de préemption (pre emption, preemption), émission préférentielle (issue with preemptive right), émission de droits d'option (issue with preemptive right), émission avec droit de souscription (issue with preemptive right), émission avec droit de préférence (issue with preemptive right). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | präventiv (preventative, preventive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προαγοραστικόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מק"ים (anticipatory, precursory, preliminary), של זכות ק"ימ". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | titolo fornito di un diritto di sottoscrizione (security which carries a preemptive right), sottoscrizione in opzione (irrevocable subscription, subscription on a preemptive basis), esercizio del diritto di opzione (E103 form, exercise of a preemptive right, exercise of the right of pre-emption, exercising the right of option), emissione con diritto di opzione (issue with preemptive right, rights issue), diritto d'opzione (preemptive right, right to subscribe), diritto di sottoscrizione preferenziale (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), diritto di sottoscrizione (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), diritto di prelazione (First refusal right, pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), diritto di opzione (refusal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 先制"' (preemptive attack). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せ"せい"う'き (preemptive attack). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eemptivepray título provido de um direito de subscrição (security which carries a preemptive right), subscrição a título preferencial (irrevocable subscription, subscription on a preemptive basis), exercício do direito de preferência (exercise of a preemptive right, exercise of the right of pre-emption), emissão com direito de subscrição (issue with preemptive right, rights issue), emissão com direito de preferência (issue with preemptive right, rights issue), direito de subscrição preferente (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), direito de subscrição (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), direito de preferência na subscrição (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right), direito de preferência (action for the refund by one or several heirs to a third party of the interest in an estate sold to him by a joint heir, pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right). (various references) упреждающий (anticipatory). (various references) con derecho preferente. (various references) teckningsrätt (pre-emption, pre-emption right, preemptive right, preemptive subscription right, stockholder's pre-emptive right, subscription right). (various references) baraj (barrage, dam), başkasına engel olarak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "preemptive": preemptively. (additional references) | |
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"Preemptive" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: preemtive, premptive, premtive. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "preemptive" (pronounced prēe"mptiv) |
| 6 | -e" m p t i v | redemptive. |
| 5 | -m p t i v | presumptive. |
| 4 | -p t i v | adaptive, adoptive, captive, contraceptive, corruptive, deceptive, descriptive, disparages, disruptive, eruptive, perceptive, receptive, unreceptive. |
| 3 | -t i v | abortive, accommodative, accumulative, accusative, acquisitive, active, addictive, additive, adjective, administrative, affective, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, appointive, appreciative, argumentative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, attractive, authoritative, automotive, causative, cognitive, collaborative, collective, combative, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, conductive, congestive, connective, consecutive, conservative, constructive, consultative, contemplative, cooperative, corrective, counterproductive, creative, cumulative, curative, decorative, defective, definitive, degenerative, deliberative, demonstrative, derivative, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, diminutive, directive, disincentive, dispositive, dissipative, distinctive, distributive, duplicative, effective, elective, elucidative, evocative, executive, exhaustive, expletive, exploitative, exploitive, facultative, Federative, festive, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, furtive, generative, hyperactive, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imitative, imperative, inactive, inattentive, incentive, indicative, ineffective, infective, infinitive, informative, initiative, injunctive, innovative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, instinctive, instructive, interactive, interpretive, introspective, intuitive, invective, inventive, investigative, irrespective, iterative, laxative, legislative, locomotive, lucrative, manipulative, meditative, motive, narrative, native, negative, neoconservative, nonautomotive, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, nonnative, nonproductive, normative, nutritive, objective, obstructive, octave, operative, overactive, palliative, participative, pejorative, perspective, photoconductive, plaintive, positive, predictive, prerogative, preservative, preventative, preventive, primitive, proactive, probative, productive, prognosticative, prohibitive, projective, prospective, protective, provocative, punitive, putative, qualitative, quantitative, radioactive, reactive, reconstructive, recuperative, redistributive, reflective, refractive, regulative, rehabilitative, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, reproductive, respective, restive, restorative, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, secretive, sedative, seductive, selective, sensitive, speculative, stimulative, subjective, substantive, suggestive, superconductive, superlative, supportive, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, unattractive, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unproductive, unrepresentative, vegetative, vindictive, vituperative. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-i-m-p-p-r-t-v" | |
-3 letters: emptier, epimere, eremite, preemie, preempt, premeet. | |
-4 letters: empire, epimer, meeter, metier, peeper, peerie, permit, premie, privet, reemit, remeet, retime, teemer, temper, tipper, verite. | |
-5 letters: eerie, emeer, evert, evite, merit, meter, metre, miter, mitre, peeve, peter, piper, pipet, prime, primp, reeve, reive, remet, remit, retem, retie, revet, rivet, tempi, tepee, timer, tripe, viper. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-e-i-m-p-p-r-t-v" | |
+2 letters: imperceptive, preemptively. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 72 65 65 6D 70 74 69 76 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .-. . . -- .--. - .. ...- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01110010 01100101 01100101 01101101 01110000 01110100 01101001 01110110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P r e e m p t i v e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0072 0065 0065 006D 0070 0074 0069 0076 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50847171798286758871 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Quotations: Spoken 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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