preempting
Definitions
Verb
- Acquire for oneself before others can do so
- Take the place of or have precedence over
- Gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land)
- Make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "preempting".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | practicing | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | programing | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | pretending | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | presenting | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | preventing | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | protesting | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | predicting | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | projecting | 3 | 6 |
| 9 | programming | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | proclaiming | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | specializing | 4 | 4 |
| 12 | postponing | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | protecting | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | protruding | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | perplexing | 3 | 2 |
| 16 | progressing | 3 | 2 |
| 17 | appreciating | 5 | 1 |
| 18 | painstaking | 3 | 1 |
| 19 | paralleling | 4 | 1 |
| 20 | pinpointing | 3 | 1 |
| 21 | politicking | 4 | 1 |
| 22 | pronouncing | 3 | 1 |
| 23 | purifying | 4 | 1 |
| 24 | apologising | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | apologizing | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | apprehending | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | papermaking | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | parachuting | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | paralyzing | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | pasteurizing | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | penalizing | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | percolating | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | persevering | 4 | 0 |
| 34 | petitioning | 4 | 0 |
| 35 | piggybacking | 4 | 0 |
| 36 | podcasting | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | portending | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | positioning | 4 | 0 |
| 39 | postdating | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | prearranging | 4 | 0 |
| 41 | precluding | 3 | 0 |
| 42 | preplanning | 3 | 0 |
| 43 | pressurizing | 4 | 0 |
| 44 | procuring | 3 | 0 |
| 45 | proofreading | 3 | 0 |
| 46 | pussyfooting | 4 | 0 |
| 47 | speedskating | 3 | 0 |
| 48 | spellbinding | 3 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "preempting".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | preventing | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | presenting | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | creeping | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | greeting | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | redemption | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | presumption | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | peeping | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | tempting | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | preening | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | emptying | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | preemption | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | prompting | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | exempting | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | preempt | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | empting | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | preemptive | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | reseting | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | prepping | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | preempts | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | redemptions | 3 | 0 |
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Words that are statistically associated with "preempting" in the same piece of text.
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "preempting".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 4
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 48
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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