How do you use Veto in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like vote or interdict, plus the exact meaning.
Veto meaning
- A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.
- An invocation of that right.
- An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
Synonyms of Veto
Using Veto
- The main meaning on this page is: A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc. | An invocation of that right. | An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
- Useful related words include: vote, interdict, prohibit, forbid.
- In the example corpus, veto often appears in combinations such as: the veto, veto power, to veto.
Context around Veto
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 10 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Veto
- In this selection, "veto" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, presidential, amendatory, reduction, power, measure and reduction stand out and add context to how "veto" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a presidential veto and a presidential veto 53 percent. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "veto" sits close to words such as assurance, decay and fatally, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with veto
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Hopefully, the veto will not be reversed on Veto Day. (10 words)
It is common for state governors to have either amendatory veto, reduction veto, or line-item veto power. (18 words)
The Week 4 Veto Competition was played by the houseguests, with Red Utley securing the Power of Veto. (18 words)
He also has the opportunity to directly influence it by using his veto to stop a bill; however, his veto can be overruled by a three-fifths majority vote in the presence of at least half of the statutory number of members of the Sejm (230). (46 words)
Does Dave Roderick believe he can veto Measure B (mental health) and other voter initiatives the way he would veto Measure V? I take issue with supervisors turning their backs on the will of the people no matter the issue at hand. (42 words)
Called back to Washington in August 1974, Rumsfeld was appointed Chief of Staff by President Ford, and soon successfully urged Ford to veto an expansion of the Freedom of Information Act, though the veto was easily overridden. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
It is common for state governors to have either amendatory veto, reduction veto, or line-item veto power.
Frustrated by Kaczyński's veto, Prime Minister Tusk argued for a constitutional amendment in November 2009 to strip the presidency of its veto powers, declaring, "The president should not have veto power.
The veto by Gov. Andy Beshear comes as he seeks reelection to a second term this year in Republican-trending Kentucky, and his veto could reverberate through the November election.
The Week 4 Veto Competition was played by the houseguests, with Red Utley securing the Power of Veto.
Although Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili said she would veto the law if it is passed by parliament, the ruling party can override the veto by collecting 76 votes.
Hopefully, the veto will not be reversed on Veto Day.
The president can also veto laws, though Parliament can override the veto with a simple majority, and challenge them at the Constitutional Court.
The six houseguests will play for Veto on Saturday, the Veto Ceremony will take place on Monday, and someone else is going to get evicted on Thursday night.
But the president would surely veto it and it’s not clear opponents could muster a two-thirds majority to override the veto.
Despite his opposition to the ordinance, Miller chose not to veto CO2202 because a veto would have eliminated the possibility of a public referendum on the ordinance.
Sen. Don Davis, D-Pitt, was the lone Democrat to vote to override the abortion veto, but he said Wednesday that he would support the budget veto.
They think it is the Hide and Go Veto, where houseguests take turns hiding their Veto cards in the house and then the house is destroyed as they all go searching for them.
Trump has said he would veto the measure if it reaches his desk and it does not appear that the resolution has enough support in either chamber to override a veto.
What it takes to override a presidential veto (53 percent correctly said it takes a two-thirds majority of the House and Senate to override a presidential veto).
Does Dave Roderick believe he can veto Measure B (mental health) and other voter initiatives the way he would veto Measure V? I take issue with supervisors turning their backs on the will of the people no matter the issue at hand.
The president of the EU council, Donald Tusk says that Ireland has a veto on Brexit (video) – and here was me thinking that Article 50 negotiations were decided by qualified majority, not veto.
Called back to Washington in August 1974, Rumsfeld was appointed Chief of Staff by President Ford, and soon successfully urged Ford to veto an expansion of the Freedom of Information Act, though the veto was easily overridden.
He also has the opportunity to directly influence it by using his veto to stop a bill; however, his veto can be overruled by a three-fifths majority vote in the presence of at least half of the statutory number of members of the Sejm (230).
Many in the conclave, including Rampolla, protested the veto, and it was even suggested that he be elected pope despite the veto.
Nevins, 117–118 After the veto, Roosevelt reversed himself, as did many legislators, and the veto was sustained.
Common combinations with veto
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the veto 33×
- veto power 25×
- to veto 23×
- veto the 21×
- his veto 12×
- of veto 11×
- veto on 10×
- veto of 8×
- would veto 7×
- its veto 6×