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veto
1. a vote that blocks a decision (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: vote, ballot, voting, balloting • Hyponyms: pocket veto 2. 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) • Hypernyms: power, powerfulness
1. vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent (Freq. 1) - The President vetoed the bill • Syn: blackball, negative • Derivationally related forms: negative (for: negative) • Hypernyms: oppose, controvert, contradict • Hyponyms: kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out • Entailment: vote • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something 2. command against (Freq. 1) - I forbid you to call me late at night - Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store - Dad nixed our plans • Syn: forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, disallow, nix • Ant: allow (for: disallow), permit (for: forbid) • Derivationally related forms: proscription (for: proscribe), interdict (for: interdict), interdiction (for: interdict), prohibition (for: prohibit), forbidding (for: forbid), forbiddance (for: forbid) • Hypernyms: command, require • Hyponyms: ban, bar, debar, exclude, enjoin, outlaw, criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE - Sam and Sue veto the movie
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