veto
noun
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a vote that blocks a decision
Types & categories
- vote hypernym
- pocket veto hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent
The President vetoed the bill
Types & categories
- controvert hypernym
- vote down hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
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)
Types & categories
- power hypernym
Related & opposite
- veto derivation
Sense 4 verb
command against
I forbid you to call me late at night
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- permit antonym
- forbiddance derivation
- banishment derivation
- veto derivation
- proscription derivation
- interdict derivation
- interdiction derivation
- forbiddance derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | nix |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | veto |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | vote |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pocket veto |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | veto |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | veto |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | negative |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | vote |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | controvert |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | vote down |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | veto |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | power |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | permit |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | forbiddance |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | banishment |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | veto |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | proscription |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | interdict |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | interdiction |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | forbiddance |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | command |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | ban |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bar |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | enjoin |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | outlaw |