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veto
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun veto has 2 senses
- veto(n = noun.act) Array - a vote that blocks a decision; Array is a kind of ballot, balloting, vote, voting
- veto(n = noun.attribute) Array - the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature); Array is a kind of power, powerfulness
has particulars: pocket veto
Derived forms verb veto2, verb veto1
Derived form verb veto1
Verb veto has 2 senses
- veto(v = verb.social) blackball, negative - vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill" is one way to contradict, controvert, oppose
- veto(v = verb.communication) disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe - command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" is one way to command, require
Derived forms noun veto1, noun veto2
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun veto1
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue veto the movie
CIDE DICTIONARY
veto, n. [L. veto I forbid.].
An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction. [1913 Webster]
"This contemptuous veto of her husband's on any intimacy with her family."
[1913 Webster]
veto, v. t.
To prohibit; to negative; also, to refuse assent to, as a legislative bill, and thus prevent its enactment; as, to veto an appropriation bill. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
veto, n. & v.
--n. (pl. -oes)
1 a a constitutional right to reject a legislative enactment. b the right of a permanent member of the UN Security Council to reject a resolution. c such a rejection. d an official message conveying this.
2 a prohibition (put one's veto on a proposal).
--v.tr. (-oes, -oed)
1 exercise a veto against (a measure etc.).
2 forbid authoritatively.
--n. (pl. -oes)
1 a a constitutional right to reject a legislative enactment. b the right of a permanent member of the UN Security Council to reject a resolution. c such a rejection. d an official message conveying this.
2 a prohibition (put one's veto on a proposal).
--v.tr. (-oes, -oed)
1 exercise a veto against (a measure etc.).
2 forbid authoritatively.
Derivative
vetoer n.
Etymology
L, = I forbid, with ref. to its use by Roman tribunes of the people in opposing measures of the Senate
THESAURUS
veto
absolute veto, ban, block, constitute, decline, decree, defeat, denial, deny, disallow, disallowance, embargo, enact, enact laws, executive veto, filibuster, forbid, get the floor, have the floor, interdict, interdiction, item veto, kill, killing, legislate, limited negative, limited veto, lobby through, logroll, negative, nix, ordain, outlaw, pass, pigeonhole, pocket, pocket veto, preclude, preclusion, prevent, prevention, prohibit, prohibition, proscribe, proscription, put in force, put through, quash, quashing, railroad through, refuse, reject, rejection, roll logs, rule against, rule out, senatorial courtesy, stop, stoppage, suspensory veto, table, taboo, take the floor, turn down, veto message, veto power, yield the floorROGET THESAURUS
veto
Prohibition
N prohibition, inhibition, veto, disallowance, interdict, interdiction, injunction, estoppel, embargo, ban, taboo, proscription, index expurgatorius, restriction, hindrance, forbidden fruit, Maine law, prohibitive, prohibitory, proscriptive, restrictive, exclusive, forbidding, prohibited, not permitted, unlicensed, contraband, impermissible, under the ban of, illegal, unauthorized, not to be thought of, uncountenanced, unthinkable, beyond the pale, on no account, Int, forbid it heaven!, hands off!, keep off!, hold!, stop!, desist!, cease and desist!, avast!, that will never do, don't you dare, forget it, don't even think about doing it, go ahead, make my day.
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