"pre-empt" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pre-empts",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pre-empting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pre-empted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pre-empted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "pre-empt (third-person singular simple present pre-empts, present participle pre-empting, simple past and past participle pre-empted)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "preempt"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 August 26, “Network News: Shapps orders rapid review of flash flood resilience from NR”, in Rail, page 8",
          "text": "At the same time, NR Chief Executive Andrew Haines said: \"I will not pre-empt the outcome of the investigation into this awful event, but it is clear the weather was appalling and there were floods and landslips in the area.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of preempt"
      ],
      "id": "en-pre-empt-en-verb-XcvFIxoR",
      "links": [
        [
          "preempt",
          "preempt#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹiːˈɛmpt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pre-empt"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pre-empts",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pre-empting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pre-empted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pre-empted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "pre-empt (third-person singular simple present pre-empts, present participle pre-empting, simple past and past participle pre-empted)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "preempt"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English 2-syllable words",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 August 26, “Network News: Shapps orders rapid review of flash flood resilience from NR”, in Rail, page 8",
          "text": "At the same time, NR Chief Executive Andrew Haines said: \"I will not pre-empt the outcome of the investigation into this awful event, but it is clear the weather was appalling and there were floods and landslips in the area.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of preempt"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "preempt",
          "preempt#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹiːˈɛmpt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pre-empt"
}