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VETO

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Irregular inflected form: vetoes   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vote that blocks a decision

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("veto" is a kind of...):

ballot; balloting; vote; voting (a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "veto"):

pocket veto (indirect veto of legislation by refusing to sign it)

Derivation:

veto (command against)

veto (vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("veto" is a kind of...):

power; powerfulness (possession of controlling influence)

Derivation:

veto (vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Command against

Example:

Dad nixed our plans

Synonyms:

disallow; forbid; interdict; nix; prohibit; proscribe; veto

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "veto" is one way to...):

command; require (make someone do something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "veto"):

ban (prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure)

bar; debar; exclude (prevent from entering; keep out)

enjoin (issue an injunction)

criminalise; criminalize; illegalise; illegalize; outlaw (declare illegal; outlaw)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue veto the movie

Derivation:

veto (a vote that blocks a decision)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent

Example:

The President vetoed the bill

Synonyms:

blackball; negative; veto

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "veto" is one way to...):

contradict; controvert; oppose (be resistant to)

"Veto" entails doing...:

vote (express a choice or opinion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "veto"):

defeat; kill; shoot down; vote down; vote out (thwart the passage of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

veto (a vote that blocks a decision)

veto (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))

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