Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pre-empting

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables
pre-empt-ing
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of pre-empt

Questions

What does pre-empting mean?
present participle and gerund of pre-empt

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