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veto

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Noun

HYPHEN

ve=to

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun veto has 2 senses

veto(n = noun.act) - a vote that blocks a decision;

has particulars: pocket veto

Derived forms verb veto₂, verb veto₁

veto(n = noun.attribute) - 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);

is a kind of

power

powerfulness

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

Derived forms noun veto₁, noun veto₂

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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 form noun veto₁

Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue veto the movie

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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]

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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.

Derivative

vetoer n.

Etymology

L, = I forbid, with ref. to its use by Roman tribunes of the people in opposing measures of the Senate

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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 floor

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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.