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vet
1[ vet ]
verb (used with object)
- to appraise, verify, or check for accuracy, authenticity, suitability, etc.:
An expert vetted the manuscript before publication.
- to examine or treat in one's capacity as a veterinarian.
verb (used without object)
- to work as a veterinarian.
vet
2[ vet ]
noun
vet.
3abbreviation for
- veteran.
- veterinarian.
- veterinary.
vet.
1abbreviation for
- veteran
- veterinarian
- veterinary
vet
2/ vɛt /
noun
- short for veterinary surgeon
verb
- tr to make a prior examination and critical appraisal of (a person, document, scheme, etc) See also positive vetting
the candidates were well vetted
- to examine, treat, or cure (an animal)
Word History and Origins
Origin of vet1
Origin of vet2
Example Sentences
It was like witnessing the last two weeks of the life of a blind and toothless dog you knew the vet was just itching to destroy.
Instead, the time has been spent setting up a system to vet potential recruits.
The City of Phoenix does not now have a single homeless vet; they have constructed apartments for them.
Imagine being an Iraq vet who lost friends securing a place such as Fallujah only to see ISIS now seize it.
I was taken into one by Maurice, a gnarled old Vietnam vet in a wooly hat.
She was such a picture that I asked who she was, and found she was a high school mistress, the niece of old Cooper, the vet.
She's an Irish girl—was governess to some rich Jew in Edgbaston, and she married a vet.
Freckles tried to think connectedly, but there were too many places on the trail where the Angel's footprints were vet visible.
I wrote at once to the vet, telling him to telegraph "Curable" or "Hopeless," and to act accordingly.
We had the vet out from Westchurch two or three times, but there was nothing much he could do.
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