Meaning of "veto" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VETO

From Latin: I forbid, from vetāre to forbid.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF VETO

veto  [ˈviːtəʊ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VETO

Veto is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb veto in English.

WHAT DOES VETO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Veto

A veto – Latin for "I forbid" – is the power to unilaterally stop an official action, especially the enactment of legislation. A veto can be absolute, as for instance in the United Nations Security Council, whose permanent members can block any resolution. Or it can be limited, as in the legislative process of the United States, where a two-thirds vote in both the House and Senate may override a Presidential veto of legislation. A veto only gives power to stop changes, not to adopt them. Thus a veto allows its holder to protect the status quo. The concept of a veto body originated with the Roman consuls and tribunes. Either of the two consuls holding office in a given year could block a military or civil decision by the other; any tribune had the power to unilaterally block legislation passed by the Roman Senate.

Definition of veto in the English dictionary

The first definition of veto in the dictionary is the power to prevent legislation or action proposed by others; prohibition. Other definition of veto is the exercise of this power. Veto is also Also called: veto message a document containing the reasons why a chief executive has vetoed a measure.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO VETO

PRESENT

Present

I veto

you veto

he/she/it vetoes

we veto

you veto

they veto

Present continuous

I am vetoing

you are vetoing

he/she/it is vetoing

we are vetoing

you are vetoing

they are vetoing

Present perfect

I have vetoed

you have vetoed

he/she/it has vetoed

we have vetoed

you have vetoed

they have vetoed

Present perfect continuous

I have been vetoing

you have been vetoing

he/she/it has been vetoing

we have been vetoing

you have been vetoing

they have been vetoing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I vetoed

you vetoed

he/she/it vetoed

we vetoed

you vetoed

they vetoed

Past continuous

I was vetoing

you were vetoing

he/she/it was vetoing

we were vetoing

you were vetoing

they were vetoing

Past perfect

I had vetoed

you had vetoed

he/she/it had vetoed

we had vetoed

you had vetoed

they had vetoed

Past perfect continuous

I had been vetoing

you had been vetoing

he/she/it had been vetoing

we had been vetoing

you had been vetoing

they had been vetoing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will veto

you will veto

he/she/it will veto

we will veto

you will veto

they will veto

Future continuous

I will be vetoing

you will be vetoing

he/she/it will be vetoing

we will be vetoing

you will be vetoing

they will be vetoing

Future perfect

I will have vetoed

you will have vetoed

he/she/it will have vetoed

we will have vetoed

you will have vetoed

they will have vetoed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been vetoing

you will have been vetoing

he/she/it will have been vetoing

we will have been vetoing

you will have been vetoing

they will have been vetoing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would veto

you would veto

he/she/it would veto

we would veto

you would veto

they would veto

Conditional continuous

I would be vetoing

you would be vetoing

he/she/it would be vetoing

we would be vetoing

you would be vetoing

they would be vetoing

Conditional perfect

I would have veto

you would have veto

he/she/it would have veto

we would have veto

you would have veto

they would have veto

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been vetoing

you would have been vetoing

he/she/it would have been vetoing

we would have been vetoing

you would have been vetoing

they would have been vetoing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you veto
we let´s veto
you veto

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to veto

Past participle

vetoed

Present Participle

vetoing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «VETO»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «veto» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of veto

ban · block · boycott · declination · disallow · dismissal · embargo · forbid · interdict · kill · knock-back · negative · preclusion · prohibit · prohibition · put the kibosh on · reject · rejection · rule out · suppression · turn down

TRANSLATION OF VETO

Find out the translation of veto to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of veto from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «veto» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 否决
• Translator English - Spanish: veto
• English: veto
• Translator English - Hindi: वीटो
• Translator English - Arabic: حَقُّ النَّقْص
• Translator English - Russian: вето
• Translator English - Portuguese: veto
• Translator English - Bengali: নিষেধ
• Translator English - French: veto
• Translator English - Malay: Veto
• Translator English - German: Veto
• Translator English - Japanese: 拒否権
• Translator English - Korean: 거부권
• Translator English - Javanese: Veto
• Translator English - Vietnamese: quyền phủ quyết
• Translator English - Tamil: தடுப்பதிகார
• Translator English - Marathi: मनाई
• Translator English - Turkish: veto
• Translator English - Italian: veto
• Translator English - Polish: weto
• Translator English - Ukrainian: вето
• Translator English - Romanian: veto
• Translator English - Greek: βέτο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: veto
• Translator English - Swedish: veto
• Translator English - Norwegian: veto

10 QUOTES WITH «VETO»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word veto.

1

Jose Maria Aznar

We saw there was no consensus in the U.N. Security Council. It was impossible, due to the threatened veto by some.

2

Scott Brown

I've criticized President Bush for his failure to use his veto pen. There's plenty of blame to go around. The question is how to solve problems. It's not bailouts. What made America great? Free markets, free enterprise, manufacturing, job creation. That's how we're gonna do it, not by enlarging government.

3

John Conyers

The news today that Bush has vowed to veto any legislation that reviews the security implications of the Dubai Port World's potential management of our ports is ludicrous and the entire Democratic Party is calling him to task for it.

4

Jim Cooper

Take the veto. Bush is the first president since James Garfield in 1881 not to veto a single bill. Garfield only had six months in office; Bush has had over four years.

5

Rafael Correa

There has been talk of lack of consensus, but we all know that this is the veto of foreign powers, the intolerable situation in our 21st century America.

6

Sunny Deol

While I always thought of making sequels to movies like 'Ghayal,' the filmmakers would almost always veto the idea.

7

Austan Goolsbee

Giving Northern Europe a veto over Southern Europe's budgets will not hold a monetary union together. The euro zone will continue to need the weaker countries to stomach decades of high unemployment to grind down wages.

8

Sam Huntington

I was in love with the British 'The Office', so even though I love Steve Carell, when they were going to remake it, I was like, 'This is not going to work. I'm going to completely veto this show. I am not going to watch this show.' But now, I love it.

9

Barbara Jordan

There is no executive order; there is no law that can require the American people to form a national community. This we must do as individuals and if we do it as individuals, there is no President of the United States who can veto that decision.

10

Susana Martinez

I will veto any tax increase.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VETO»

Discover the use of veto in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to veto and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Veto Players: How Political Institutions Work

. . . This book promises to remain a lasting contribution to political analysis."--Gianfranco Pasquino, Professor of Political Science, University of Bologna

George Tsebelis, 2011

UN Security Council Reform and the Right of Veto: A ...

Analyse af FN's sikkerhedsråd og en reform af dette.

Bardo Fassbender, 1998

Veto Bargaining: Presidents and the Politics of Negative Power

Combining game theory with unprecedented data, this book analyzes how divided party Presidents use threats and vetoes to wrest policy concessions from a hostile congress.

Charles M. Cameron, 2000

The Presidential Veto

Traces the genesis and historical evolution of the veto from ancient Rome, through its ultimate inclusion in the Constitution; also explores the veto's consequences for modern presidents.

Robert J. Spitzer, 1988

The Moral Veto: Framing Contraception, Abortion, and ...

These are some of the questions addressed in The Moral Veto: Framing Contraception, Abortion, and Cultural Pluralism in the United States.

Gene Burns, 2005

Chinese Diplomacy and the UN Security Council: Beyond the Veto

This is evident in a range of issues, from negotiations on Iran's nuclear program to efforts to bring peace to Darfur. Yet China's role as a veto-holding member of the Council has been left unexamined. How does it formulate its positions?

Joel Wuthnow, 2012

24 Declassified: Veto Power

The next twenty-four hours will be crucial to America's survival.

John Whitman, 2009

Reform Processes and Policy Change: Veto Players and ...

"Originates from a series of papers presented at a workshop on "Reform processes and policy change: how do veto players determine decision making in modern democracies held at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), Germany ...

Thomas König, George Tsebelis, Marc Debus, 2010

Freedom of Information Act 2000: Ministerial veto on ...

An order by the Information Commissioner (upheld by the First-tier Tribunal (Information Rights) on appeal) to the Department of Health to disclose the Transition Risk Register relating to the Coalition Government's proposals for ...

Great Britain: Information Commissioner's Office, 2012

Introduction to the Constitution of India

TYPQS °l V9l°- 10.28 Vetoes are classified as— (a) Absolute (b) Qualified (c) Suspensive (d) Pocket Absolute Veto is the power to say no to a Bill passed by both Houses of Parliament. Such a Bill never becomes an Act. The power cannot be ...

Sharma, Sharma B.k., 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VETO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term veto is used in the context of the following news items.

MH17 crash: Russia vetoes UN resolution for international tribunal

Russia has used its veto at the UN to block a draft resolution to set up an international tribunal into the MH17 air disaster in July 2014. It was the only nation at ... «BBC News, Jul 15»

North Carolina House overrides magistrate same-sex marriage veto

Pat McCrory's veto a week ago. Thursday's House vote of 69-41 was just over the three-fifths majority needed. Ten House members were absent and didn't vote. «WTVD-TV, Jun 15»

McCrory vetoes 'ag-gag' bill

Raleigh, N.C. — Gov. Pat McCrory on Friday vetoed a bill that would curb undercover investigations of workplaces, siding with animal rights groups and the ... «WRAL.com, May 15»

Nebraska's Death Penalty Repealed With Veto Override

Pete Ricketts, a first-term Republican, then vetoed the legislation on Tuesday. Thirty senators were needed to override him. "My words cannot express how ... «NBCNews.com, May 15»

Nebraska Lawmakers Override Governor's Veto Of Death Penalty …

Updated at 5:52 p.m. ET. Lawmakers in Nebraska overrode Gov. Pete Ricketts' veto of their vote to repeal the death penalty, making it the first ... «NPR, May 15»

Dayton vetoes education bill, slams Republicans

Governor Mark Dayton held a news conference to say that he plans to veto the education bill Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at the Veterans Service Building in St. Paul. «Minnesota Public Radio News, May 15»

Nebraska lawmakers vote to abolish the death penalty despite veto …

Nebraska took a big step toward abolishing the death penalty on Wednesday, as the state's legislature voted to abandon capital punishment with enough ... «Washington Post, May 15»

Missouri Senate Overrides Veto Of Welfare Restrictions Bill

The Missouri Senate voted on Monday to override Gov. Jay Nixon's veto of a bill that severely restricts welfare eligibility, potentially cutting benefits to thousands ... «Huffington Post, May 15»

Obama threatens veto of Wall St. reform tweaks

President Obama is threatening to veto a pair of GOP bills set to pass the House, arguing they would undercut portions of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law. «The Hill, Apr 15»

Senate Keystone veto override vote expected Thursday

"[T]o overcome the Democrats' history-making filibuster of the bipartisan override, the Majority Leader will proceed to the President's veto message this week ... «The Hill, Mar 15»