zuvorkommen — meaning in English

English meaning

• forestall verb To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
• preempt verb To appropriate first.

Senses

zuvorkommen is used for these senses in English:

• forestall To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.

forestall — full definition

1. verb To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
2. verb To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.
3. verb To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a monopoly price.
4. verb To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.

preempt — full definition

1. verb To appropriate first.
2. verb To displace or take the place of (by having higher precedence, etc).
3. verb To prevent or beat to the punch, to forestall an expected occurrence by acting first.
4. verb To secure (land, etc.) by the right of preemption (purchasing before others, e.g. land because one already occupies it).

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