vet

/vɛt/

noun 4verb 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

good | qualified | practising | country, local

VERB + VET

call (out)

My dog wouldn't eat this morning, so I called the vet out to check her.

consult, go to, see, speak to/with, take sth to, talk to/with

When my cat got sick, I decided to consult a vet about her symptoms.

VET + VERB

recommend sth

(verb.)

ADV

carefully | fully, thoroughly

PREP

for

The security team vetted every employee for any potential safety concerns.

PHRASES

vetting procedure

All new employees must complete a thorough vetting procedure before they can start work.

Definitions

noun

A veterinarian or veterinary surgeon.

Colin Cameron, a vet who examined the dead animal, said there was "no doubt the kitten would have suffered unnecessarily" before dying.

noun

A veteran (a former soldier or other member of armed forces).

“A former soldier, sir. A vet. Theyʼre all vets, a little shellshocked.”

verb

To thoroughly check or investigate particularly with regard to providing formal approval.

The FBI vets all nominees to the Federal bench.

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).

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a person who has served in the armed forces

veteran
ex-serviceman

noun — a doctor who practices veterinary medicine

veterinarian
veterinary

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Colin Cameron, a vet who examined the dead animal, said there was "no doubt the kitten would have suffered unnecessarily" before dying.

Wiktionary

“A former soldier, sir. A vet. Theyʼre all vets, a little shellshocked.”

Wiktionary

The FBI vets all nominees to the Federal bench.

Wiktionary

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 candidate

Wiktionary

I'm laughing at his naïveté.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, vet is marked as colloquial, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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