vet

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology 1

Clipping of veterinarian, or veterinary surgeon.

[edit] Noun

vet (plural vets)

  1. (colloquial) A veterinarian or veterinary surgeon.
[edit] Translations
short form of veterinary surgeon

[edit] Etymology 2

Clipping of veteran.

[edit] Noun

vet (plural vets)

  1. (colloquial) A veteran (a former soldier or other member of an armed forces).
[edit] Translations
short form of veteran
[edit] Usage notes

Although veteran can be used in many contexts such as sports or business to describe someone with many years of experience, vet is usually used only for former military personnel.

[edit] Etymology 3

possibly by analogy from Etymology 1, in the sense of "verifying the soundness [of an animal]"

[edit] Verb

vet (third-person singular simple present vets, present participle vetting, simple past and past participle vetted)

  1. To thoroughly check or investigate particularly with regard to providing formal approval.
    The FBI vets all nominees to the Federal bench.
[edit] References

OED2

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[edit] Translations
check or investigate particularly

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[edit] Albanian

[edit] Adjective

i vet

  1. his, her or their own
    Aleksandëri është me Albanin dhe qenin e vet.
    Aleksandër is with Alban and his (own) dog.

[edit] Declension

declension of i vet
singular plural
masculine feminine masculine feminine
nominative i vet e vet e vet e veta
accusative e vet e vet e vet e veta
genitive/dative/ablative të vet së vet të vet të veta

[edit] Usage notes

Used in contexts where i tij (“his”), i saj (“her”) or i tyre (“their”) would be ambiguous. In the example sentence above, if "e vet" were replaced with "e tij", it would more likely refer to Alban's dog. The use of "vet" removes this ambiguity.

[edit] See also

Albanian possessive adjectives and pronouns
adjectives pronouns
singular plural singular plural
1st person im ynë imi yni
2nd person yt juaj yti juaji
3rd person m. i tij i tyre i tiji i tyri
f. i saj i saji
3rd person reflexive i vet i veti

[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology

From Latin veto.

[edit] Noun

vet m. (plural vets)

  1. veto

[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology

From Middle Dutch vet, from Old Dutch *fētit, *fet, from Proto-Germanic *faitidaz, originally a past participle.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Adjective

vet (comparative vetter, superlative vetst)

  1. fat
  2. (informal) cool
    Wow, vet!

[edit] Declension

Declension of vet
positive comparative superlative
attributive predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial vet vetter  
neuter
singular		 indefinite vet vetter
definite vette vettere vetste het vetst(e)
common singular vette vettere vetste de vetste
plural vette vettere vetste de vetste
partitive vets vetters  


[edit] Noun

vet n. (plural vetten)

  1. fat

[edit] Adverb

vet

  1. very
    Hij is vet dik.
    He's very fat.

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Etymology

Origin uncertain, perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric *βettä (“to throw, cast, sow”).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈvɛt/

[edit] Verb

vet

  1. throw, cast
  2. sow
    ki mint vet úgy arat - reap what one sows

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Expressions

[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Etymology 1

Abbreviation of veterinário.

[edit] Noun

vet m.

  1. Veterinary surgeon.

[edit] Etymology 2

Abbreviation of veterano.

[edit] Noun

vet m.

  1. Veteran (a former soldier).

[edit] Swedish

[edit] Verb

vet

  1. Present tense of veta; know, knows
    Jag vet inte.
    I do not know.
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