vorgreifen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- anticipate verb To expect something and prepare for it in advance.
- preempt verb To appropriate first.
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 appropriate first.
- verb To displace or take the place of (by having higher precedence, etc).
- verb To prevent or beat to the punch, to forestall an expected occurrence by acting first.
- verb To secure (land, etc.) by the right of preemption (purchasing before others, e.g. land because one already occupies it).