0 present participle of pre-empt --
1 to do or say something before someone so that you make their words or actions unnecessary or not effective: --
I am not pre-empting consultation and neither is my amendment.
It is vital that there is not a pre-empting of the process.
He would not be pre-empting future decisions which must be taken.
We were pressed to introduce the regulations to prevent some landowners from pre-empting regulations.
We do not wish to find that certain airlines that come first in the queue are pre-empting space.
It has been criticised for not making up its mind, for being long on questions and short on answers and also for pre-empting decisions.
My noble friend illustrates very well that we should not be pre-empting or prescribing the work of the commission.
The accusation is pre-empting; that is what we are accused of.
