vorwegnehmen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- forestall verb To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
Senses
vorwegnehmen is used for these senses in English:
- forestall To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.
forestall — full definition
- verb To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
- verb To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.
- verb To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a monopoly price.
- verb To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.