Definitions For Veto
noun
- A vote that blocks a decision
- 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)
- A decision by a person in authority to not allow or approve something (such as a new law)
- The right or power of a person in authority to decide that something (such as a new law) will not be approved
verb
- Command against
- Vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent
- To reject (a proposed law) officially : to refuse to allow (a bill) to become a law
- To refuse to allow or accept (something, such as a plan or suggestion)
Is Veto a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
7
Words with Friends
8
The word Veto is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Veto in a Sentence
- A veto of a bill
- Are there enough votes in Congress to override the President's veto?
- The President has the veto over new legislation.
- The President vetoed the bill.
- We wanted to do a cross-country trip, but our parents vetoed it.
- She vetoed several restaurants before we could agree on one.
Synonyms for Veto
Antonyms for Veto
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