veto

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈviːtəʊ/ 🇺🇸 /ˈviːˌtoʊ/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body, typically held by a head of state or executive authority.; An official rejection or prohibition of a proposed measure, plan, or action.; The power held by any of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council to block the adoption of a resolution.
  2. verb
    To exercise a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body.; To refuse to allow or accept something; to prohibit or forbid.
  3. noun
    In ancient Rome, the right of a tribune to interpose and block the action of a magistrate or the Senate.; A formal document recording the rejection of a legislative bill by an executive authority.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: vetoes 3rd sing.: vetoes Past: vetoed Past part.: vetoed Pres part.: vetoing

Collocations

veto powerexercise a vetocast a vetopocket vetoveto a billveto a decision

Derivatives

vetoer

Synonyms

rejectionprohibitionbanbardisallowance

Antonyms

approvalendorsementacceptance

Commonly confused

vote
EN: 'Vote' is an expression of choice or opinion; 'veto' is the power to reject or prohibit a decision made by others.

Spelling tips

EN: The plural and third-person singular form is 'vetoes' (with -es), not 'vetos'. Similarly, the past tense is 'vetoed' with a silent 'e' retained before '-ed'.

💬 Examples

  1. The president exercised his veto to block the controversial legislation.

  2. The committee placed a veto on any further spending until the budget was reviewed.

  3. Russia used its veto to prevent the Security Council from passing the resolution.

  4. The governor vetoed the bill, sending it back to the legislature for reconsideration.

  5. My mother vetoed my plan to go camping during the storm.

  6. The Roman tribune interposed his veto against the consul's decree.

  7. The veto message was delivered to Congress along with the unsigned bill.