See vet in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ipa": "/vɛt/"
},
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"rhymes": "-ɛt"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "veteran",
"sense": "short form of veteran",
"word": "ветеран"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "short form of veteran",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "veteraan"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "short form of veteran",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vétéran"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "short form of veteran",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "veterano"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "short form of veteran",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "veterana"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "short form of veteran",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Veteran"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "veterános",
"sense": "short form of veteran",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "βετεράνος"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "short form of veteran",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "weteran"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "short form of veteran",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "veterano"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "short form of veteran",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "veterano"
}
],
"word": "vet"
}
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"Terms with Czech translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Galician translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Irish translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
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"word": "vetter"
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"etymology_text": "Possibly by analogy from Etymology 1, in the sense of \"verifying the soundness [of an animal]\"",
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"word": "red vet pet"
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"text": "The FBI vets all nominees to the Federal bench.",
"type": "example"
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"ref": "1980 March 10, Antony Jay, Jonathan Lynn, “The Economy Drive”, in Yes, Minister, season 1, episode 3, spoken by Jim Hacker and Humphrey Appleby (Paul Eddington and Nigel Hawthorne):",
"text": "Sir Humphrey Appleby: Nevertheless we do not admit it (the existence of MI6). Not everyone round this table has been vetted (pun). / Jim Hacker: I thought that's something you do to cats (laugh track). / Sir Humphrey Appleby: Yes indeed, but not ferrets, Minister (laugh track).",
"type": "quote"
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{
"ref": "2000 September, “Corrupt and Farcical Elections”, in Racial Discrimination in Tibet, Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, →OCLC, page 116:",
"text": "41 year-old Thupten from Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture confirmed this threat of punishment. “The people in my area were very discontent when an election was announced. We knew that the candidates selected had already been carefully vetted by higher Chinese officials, and that our ‘voting’ was mere lip-service to Chinese claims of democracy, but we did it anyway.",
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"ref": "2023, “How a Bill Becomes a Law”, in mnnurses.org:",
"text": "House and Senate Committees are made up of elected legislators who vet the bill and hear from stakeholders and members of the public.",
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"word": "evaluate"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pregleždam",
"sense": "check or investigate particularly",
"word": "преглеждам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "check or investigate particularly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "prověřit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "check or investigate particularly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zkontrolovat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "check or investigate particularly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "schválit"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "check or investigate particularly",
"word": "controleren"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "check or investigate particularly",
"word": "checken"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "check or investigate particularly",
"word": "nagaan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "check or investigate particularly",
"word": "seuloa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "check or investigate particularly",
"word": "tutkia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "check or investigate particularly",
"word": "tarkastaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "check or investigate particularly",
"word": "vérifier"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "check or investigate particularly",
"word": "examiner"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "check or investigate particularly",
"word": "contrôler"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "check or investigate particularly",
"word": "comprobar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "check or investigate particularly",
"word": "verificar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "check or investigate particularly",
"word": "überprüfen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "check or investigate particularly",
"word": "ellenőriz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "check or investigate particularly",
"word": "felülvizsgál"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "check or investigate particularly",
"word": "megvizsgál"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "check or investigate particularly",
"word": "átvilágít"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "check or investigate particularly",
"word": "seiceáil"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "check or investigate particularly",
"word": "esaminare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "check or investigate particularly",
"word": "controllare"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "check or investigate particularly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "prześwietlać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "check or investigate particularly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "prześwietlić"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "proverjátʹ",
"sense": "check or investigate particularly",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "проверя́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "check or investigate particularly",
"word": "examinar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "check or investigate particularly",
"word": "visar"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "Janchna-Parakhna",
"sense": "check or investigate particularly",
"word": "جانچنا ۔ پرکھنا"
}
],
"word": "vet"
}
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