transitive to anticipate, forestall.
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| 释义 | the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > precede or come before [verb (transitive)] > anticipate or forestall (32) before-takea1382 transitive to anticipate, forestall. preventc1425 transitive. To act before or more quickly than (a person or agent); to anticipate in action; to act in advance of. Obsolete. devance1485 transitive. To anticipate, forestall; to get ahead of; to outstrip. prevenea1500 To anticipate or forestall. transitive. To act before or more quickly than (a person or thing); to forestall; to supplant. Also intransitive: to… lurch1530 transitive. To get the start of (a person) so as to prevent him from obtaining a fair share of food, profit, etc. In later use, to defraud, cheat… to take before the bounda1556 An elastic spring upward or onward; a leap made in an onward career: said both of inanimate bodies and animals, while leap is used only of the… to be aforehand with1570 to be aforehand with: to anticipate, to forestall; to outstrip; to speak or act before. to be beforehand with1574 to be beforehand with: to act in anticipation of; to act early with regard to; to be prepared for; to outstrip or forestall in action; see also to be… to meet halfwaya1586 transitive. Chiefly figurative. to meet halfway: †to forestall, anticipate (obsolete); to respond in kind to the friendly advances of; to make… preoccupate1588 transitive. To meet in advance; anticipate; forestall, pre-empt. forestall1589 To be beforehand with in action; to anticipate the action of, or simply, to anticipate; often with the additional sense of rendering ineffective… fore-run1591 To anticipate, forestall. surprise1591 ? To ‘overtake’, anticipate. Obsolete. rare. antedate1595 transitive. To give consideration to or take action regarding (a future event, etc.) in advance; to anticipate, expect, predict. Also: to be a… foreprise1597 transitive. To take beforehand. To deal with, allow for, or mention beforehand; to provide for or determine beforehand; to forestall, anticipate. preoccupy1607 transitive. To anticipate, forestall, pre-empt. Obsolete. preoccupy1638 transitive. To possess by anticipation. Obsolete. pre-act1655 transitive and intransitive. To act beforehand. anticipatea1682 To be before (another) in acting, to forestall. obviate1712 transitive. To anticipate, forestall. Obsolete. rare. to head off1841 transitive. To stop (a person or thing) from accomplishing some purpose, goal, task, etc.; (also) to anticipate and prevent; to avert. beat1847 To get ahead of; so, to beat (one) to it: to anticipate in doing something. Originally U.S. to beat out1893 North American colloquial. To get ahead of or prevail over (another), esp. in competition; to anticipate, improve upon (cf. 10a). pre-empt1957 transitive. To render invalid or ineffective; to preclude; to prevent (an anticipated occurrence), esp. by taking particular action; to take such… Subcategories:— settle by anticipation (3) — the results of an enterprise (1) — an action (1) — a time (2) — an opportunity (1) |
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