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Synonyms for veto
ˈvi toʊve·to
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Princeton's WordNet
vetonoun
a vote that blocks a decision
vetoverb
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)
veto, blackball, negativeverb
vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent
"The President vetoed the bill"
Synonyms:
blackball, ostracize, forbid, negative, ostracise, prohibit, banish, ban, nix, interdict, proscribe, cast out, disallow, shunforbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nixverb
command against
"I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"
Synonyms:
blackball, interdict, forestall, disallow, prohibit, preclude, nix, negative, prevent, proscribe, foreclose, forbid
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
vetonoun
Synonyms:
prohibition (of a legislative act by the executive), refusal to sanctionvetoverb
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#2167 | prevent | |
#2605 | negative | |
#5429 | ban | |
#10096 | vet | |
#13003 | prohibit | |
#19868 | veto | |
#20868 | preclude | |
#21483 | nix | |
#23833 | forbid | |
#31524 | shun | |
#32325 | disallow | |
#50455 | banish | |
#74866 | foreclose | |
#75403 | forestall | |
#108408 | interdict | |
#109599 | cassation | |
#127559 | blackball | |
#139126 | proscribe | |
#258195 | ostracize |
How to use veto in a sentence?
He talks tough on some of these issues. For example, he was going to carpet bomb ISIS. But the only budget he's ever voted for in his time in the Senate is a budget that cut defense spending by more than Barack Obama proposes we cut it, he voted against the Defense Authorization Act every year that it came up. And I assume that if he voted against it, he would veto it as president.
I have looked into my own soul and my devotion to principle may once again lead me to an unpopular course, but if Iran is to acquire a nuclear bomb, it will not have my name on it, it is for these reasons that I will vote to disapprove the agreement and, if called upon, would vote to override a veto.
On the wall? Will I veto it? One-hundred percent. One-hundred percent, and I don't think it survives a veto. We have too many smart people that want border security, so I can't imagine that it could survive a veto.
I can guarantee this, if I said that there was a bill that came to my desk that I was opposed to, I wouldn't miss the opportunity to veto it by not showing up in New Jersey.
I don’t know where this is coming from. Maybe it’s a pressure thing or an internal political thing, but that is not the situation, they are the negotiators; so they will decide the future. What I did tell them is that it’s by mutual consent. You have a veto, so does he, so you are going to have to decide how to move forward here.
Translations for veto
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- vetoCzech
- vetoDanish
- Einspruch, VetoGerman
- βέτο, αρνησικυρία, προβάλλω βέτο, προβάλλω αρνησικυρίαGreek
- vetoi, vetooEsperanto
- veto, vetarSpanish
- veto, veto-oikeusFinnish
- vetoFrench
- crosadh, crosIrish
- վետոArmenian
- beita neitunarvaldi, neitunarvaldIcelandic
- 拒否, 拒否権Japanese
- vetare, vetitum, vetui, vetoLatin
- vetoDutch
- wetować, weto, zawetowaćPolish
- veto, vetarPortuguese
- вето, право вето, запрещение, наложить ветоRussian
- zabranjenje, veto, zabranaSerbo-Croatian
- vetoSwedish
- 否决Chinese
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