Preempted (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective
  1. (of land) occupied in order to establish a prior right to buy: In 1860 the blacksmith arrived in Kansas to buy his preempted claim of 120 acres on Mission Creek.
  2. acquired or appropriated ahead of others; taken for oneself: The group of retired friends lunched together every day in a preempted room at the Exchange Club.
  3. being or relating to an area of oversight reserved by a particular level of government, especially an area that would otherwise be under the authority of a lower level of government: Except in the federally preempted domain of warnings based on smoking and health, tobacco regulation is under state control.
  4. replaced or set aside because of other priorities, reconsideration, changes in scheduling, etc.: The preempted programs were usually game shows or reruns of primetime sitcoms.
  5. forestalled or prevented by advance action: Knowledge acquired through a preempted attack may inform national response and help deter future attacks.
verb
  1. the simple past tense and past participle of preempt.
Preempted (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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