veto
/ˈvi.toʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An invocation of that right.
noun
An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
noun
A technique or mechanism for discarding what would otherwise constitute a false positive in a scientific experiment.
Example Sentences
- "I called Haig in and told him that I wanted to veto the agricultural appropriations bill we had discussed in the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, because I did not want Ford to have to do it on his first day as President. Haig brought the veto statement in, and I signed it. It was the last piece of legislation I acted on as President."
- "The failure on Wednesday to overturn Mr. Cooper’s veto was among the most dramatic consequences of Democratic legislative victories in North Carolina last November, which broke Republican supermajorities in both chambers and made it easier for Mr. Cooper’s vetos to survive."
- "Now, Republican legislators cannot afford to lose a single seat, in either chamber, if they want to continue to override his vetoes."
- "This contemptuous veto of her husband's on any intimacy with her family."
- "An outer detector (OD) region will act as both a passive shield for low energy backgrounds and an active veto for cosmic ray muons."
- "The president vetoed the bill."
Etymology
From Latin vetō (“to forbid”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *weth₂-, vetō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈvi.toʊ/
- British English: /ˈviːtəʊ/