veto

CEFRB2

/ˈviːtəʊ/

noun · verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The power to refuse to approve a decision or law.

  2. 02

    verb

    To officially refuse to approve a decision or law.

Examples

  • On July tenth, the veto was announced.

  • The President vetoed the bill, but Congress overrode his veto.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈviˌtʰoʊ]
  • [ˈviɾoʊ]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.

  2. An invocation of that right.

  3. A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.

More examples

In context

  • An outer detector (OD) region will act as both a passive shield for low energy backgrounds and an active veto for cosmic ray muons.

  • Mom and Dad vetoed our menu preferences for the holiday meal.

  • The president vetoed the bill.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The president will blank the bill to stop it from becoming law.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Latin vetō (“to forbid”).