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English noun: pre-emption | |||
| 1. | pre-emption (cognition) the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject | ||
| Synonyms | preemption | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | judicial doctrine, judicial principle, legal principle | ||
| Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
| 2. | pre-emption (attribute) the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property) | ||
| Synonyms | preemption | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | legal right | ||
| 3. | pre-emption (attribute) the right to purchase something in advance of others | ||
| Synonyms | preemption | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | right | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | preemptive right, subscription right | ||
| 4. | pre-emption (act) a prior appropriation of something | ||
| Samples | The preemption of bandwidth by commercial interests. | ||
| Synonyms | preemption | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | appropriation | ||
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