Meaning of veto | Babel Free
ˈviːtəʊDefinitions
- A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
- An invocation of that right.
- An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
- A technique or mechanism for discarding what would otherwise constitute a false positive in a scientific experiment.
Equivalents
Examples
“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.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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