vorgreifen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- anticipate verb To expect something and prepare for it in advance.
- preempt verb To take or claim something before anyone else can.
Senses
vorgreifen is used for these senses in English:
- anticipate (transitive) To act before (someone), especially to prevent an action.
anticipate — full definition
- verb To expect something and prepare for it in advance.
- verb To act ahead of someone or something, often to head off a problem before it happens.
preempt — full definition
- verb To take or claim something before anyone else can.
- verb To replace something else because it has greater priority.
- verb To act first in order to stop something expected from happening.
- verb To gain the right to buy something, such as land, ahead of others, often because you already occupy it.
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