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Conjugation veto conjugation
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veto · verb
Present I veto
Positive I veto
Singular
1st person I veto
2nd person you veto
3rd person he/she/it vetoes
Plural
1st person we veto
2nd person you veto
3rd person they veto
Negative I don't veto
Singular
1st person I don't veto I do not veto
2nd person you don't veto you do not veto
3rd person he/she/it doesn't veto he/she/it does not veto
Plural
1st person we don't veto we do not veto
2nd person you don't veto you do not veto
3rd person they don't veto they do not veto
Question do I veto?
Singular
1st person do I veto?
2nd person do you veto?
3rd person does he/she/it veto?
Plural
1st person do we veto?
2nd person do you veto?
3rd person do they veto?
Negative question don't I veto?
Singular
1st person don't I veto? do I not veto?
2nd person don't you veto? do you not veto?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it veto? does he/she/it not veto?
Plural
1st person don't we veto? do we not veto?
2nd person don't you veto? do you not veto?
3rd person don't they veto? do they not veto?
Past I vetoed
Positive I vetoed
Singular
1st person I vetoed
2nd person you vetoed
3rd person he/she/it vetoed
Plural
1st person we vetoed
2nd person you vetoed
3rd person they vetoed
Negative I didn't veto
Singular
1st person I didn't veto I did not veto
2nd person you didn't veto you did not veto
3rd person he/she/it didn't veto he/she/it did not veto
Plural
1st person we didn't veto we did not veto
2nd person you didn't veto you did not veto
3rd person they didn't veto they did not veto
Question did I veto?
Singular
1st person did I veto?
2nd person did you veto?
3rd person did he/she/it veto?
Plural
1st person did we veto?
2nd person did you veto?
3rd person did they veto?
Negative question didn't I veto?
Singular
1st person didn't I veto? did I not veto?
2nd person didn't you veto? did you not veto?
3rd person didn't he/she/it veto? did he/she/it not veto?
Plural
1st person didn't we veto? did we not veto?
2nd person didn't you veto? did you not veto?
3rd person didn't they veto? did they not veto?
Future I'll veto
Positive I'll veto
Singular
1st person I'll veto I will veto
2nd person you'll veto you will veto
3rd person he/she/it'll veto he/she/it will veto
Plural
1st person we'll veto we will veto
2nd person you'll veto you will veto
3rd person they'll veto they will veto
Negative I won't veto
Singular
1st person I won't veto I will not veto
2nd person you won't veto you will not veto
3rd person he/she/it won't veto he/she/it will not veto
Plural
1st person we won't veto we will not veto
2nd person you won't veto you will not veto
3rd person they won't veto they will not veto
Question will I veto?
Singular
1st person will I veto?
2nd person will you veto?
3rd person will he/she/it veto?
Plural
1st person will we veto?
2nd person will you veto?
3rd person will they veto?
Negative question won't I veto?
Singular
1st person won't I veto? will I not veto?
2nd person won't you veto? will you not veto?
3rd person won't he/she/it veto? will he/she/it not veto?
Plural
1st person won't we veto? will we not veto?
2nd person won't you veto? will you not veto?
3rd person won't they veto? will they not veto?
Conditional I'd veto
Positive I'd veto
Singular
1st person I'd veto I would veto
2nd person you'd veto you would veto
3rd person he/she/it'd veto he/she/it would veto
Plural
1st person we'd veto we would veto
2nd person you'd veto you would veto
3rd person they'd veto they would veto
Negative I wouldn't veto
Singular
1st person I wouldn't veto I would not veto
2nd person you wouldn't veto you would not veto
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't veto he/she/it would not veto
Plural
1st person we wouldn't veto we would not veto
2nd person you wouldn't veto you would not veto
3rd person they wouldn't veto they would not veto
Question would I veto?
Singular
1st person would I veto?
2nd person would you veto?
3rd person would he/she/it veto?
Plural
1st person would we veto?
2nd person would you veto?
3rd person would they veto?
Negative question wouldn't I veto?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I veto? would I not veto?
2nd person wouldn't you veto? would you not veto?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it veto? would he/she/it not veto?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we veto? would we not veto?
2nd person wouldn't you veto? would you not veto?
3rd person wouldn't they veto? would they not veto?
Present continuous I'm vetoing
Positive I'm vetoing
Singular
1st person I'm vetoing I am vetoing
2nd person you're vetoing you are vetoing
3rd person he/she/it's vetoing he/she/it is vetoing
Plural
1st person we're vetoing we are vetoing
2nd person you're vetoing you are vetoing
3rd person they're vetoing they are vetoing
Negative I'm not vetoing
Singular
1st person I'm not vetoing I am not vetoing
2nd person you aren't vetoing you're not vetoing you are not vetoing
3rd person he/she/it isn't vetoing he/she/it's not vetoing he/she/it is not vetoing
Plural
1st person we aren't vetoing we're not vetoing we are not vetoing
2nd person you aren't vetoing you're not vetoing you are not vetoing
3rd person they aren't vetoing they're not vetoing they are not vetoing
Question am I vetoing?
Singular
1st person am I vetoing?
2nd person are you vetoing?
3rd person is he/she/it vetoing?
Plural
1st person are we vetoing?
2nd person are you vetoing?
3rd person are they vetoing?
Negative question aren't I vetoing?
Singular
1st person aren't I vetoing? am I not vetoing?
2nd person aren't you vetoing? are you not vetoing?
3rd person isn't he/she/it vetoing? is he/she/it not vetoing?
Plural
1st person aren't we vetoing? are we not vetoing?
2nd person aren't you vetoing? are you not vetoing?
3rd person aren't they vetoing? are they not vetoing?
Past continuous I was vetoing
Positive I was vetoing
Singular
1st person I was vetoing
2nd person you were vetoing
3rd person he/she/it was vetoing
Plural
1st person we were vetoing
2nd person you were vetoing
3rd person they were vetoing
Negative I wasn't vetoing
Singular
1st person I wasn't vetoing I was not vetoing
2nd person you weren't vetoing you were not vetoing
3rd person he/she/it wasn't vetoing he/she/it was not vetoing
Plural
1st person we weren't vetoing we were not vetoing
2nd person you weren't vetoing you were not vetoing
3rd person they weren't vetoing they were not vetoing
Question was I vetoing?
Singular
1st person was I vetoing?
2nd person were you vetoing?
3rd person was he/she/it vetoing?
Plural
1st person were we vetoing?
2nd person were you vetoing?
3rd person were they vetoing?
Negative question wasn't I vetoing?
Singular
1st person wasn't I vetoing? was I not vetoing?
2nd person weren't you vetoing? were you not vetoing?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it vetoing? was he/she/it not vetoing?
Plural
1st person weren't we vetoing? were we not vetoing?
2nd person weren't you vetoing? were you not vetoing?
3rd person weren't they vetoing? were they not vetoing?
Future continuous I'll be vetoing
Positive I'll be vetoing
Singular
1st person I'll be vetoing I will be vetoing
2nd person you'll be vetoing you will be vetoing
3rd person he/she/it'll be vetoing he/she/it will be vetoing
Plural
1st person we'll be vetoing we will be vetoing
2nd person you'll be vetoing you will be vetoing
3rd person they'll be vetoing they will be vetoing
Negative I won't be vetoing
Singular
1st person I won't be vetoing I will not be vetoing
2nd person you won't be vetoing you will not be vetoing
3rd person he/she/it won't be vetoing he/she/it will not be vetoing
Plural
1st person we won't be vetoing we will not be vetoing
2nd person you won't be vetoing you will not be vetoing
3rd person they won't be vetoing they will not be vetoing
Question will I be vetoing?
Singular
1st person will I be vetoing?
2nd person will you be vetoing?
3rd person will he/she/it be vetoing?
Plural
1st person will we be vetoing?
2nd person will you be vetoing?
3rd person will they be vetoing?
Negative question won't I be vetoing?
Singular
1st person won't I be vetoing? will I not be vetoing?
2nd person won't you be vetoing? will you not be vetoing?
3rd person won't he/she/it be vetoing? will he/she/it not be vetoing?
Plural
1st person won't we be vetoing? will we not be vetoing?
2nd person won't you be vetoing? will you not be vetoing?
3rd person won't they be vetoing? will they not be vetoing?
Conditional continuous I'd be vetoing
Positive I'd be vetoing
Singular
1st person I'd be vetoing I would be vetoing
2nd person you'd be vetoing you would be vetoing
3rd person he/she/it'd be vetoing he/she/it would be vetoing
Plural
1st person we'd be vetoing we would be vetoing
2nd person you'd be vetoing you would be vetoing
3rd person they'd be vetoing they would be vetoing
Negative I wouldn't be vetoing
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be vetoing I would not be vetoing
2nd person you wouldn't be vetoing you would not be vetoing
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be vetoing he/she/it would not be vetoing
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be vetoing we would not be vetoing
2nd person you wouldn't be vetoing you would not be vetoing
3rd person they wouldn't be vetoing they would not be vetoing
Question would I be vetoing?
Singular
1st person would I be vetoing?
2nd person would you be vetoing?
3rd person would he/she/it be vetoing?
Plural
1st person would we be vetoing?
2nd person would you be vetoing?
3rd person would they be vetoing?
Negative question wouldn't I be vetoing?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be vetoing? would I not be vetoing?
2nd person wouldn't you be vetoing? would you not be vetoing?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be vetoing? would he/she/it not be vetoing?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be vetoing? would we not be vetoing?
2nd person wouldn't you be vetoing? would you not be vetoing?
3rd person wouldn't they be vetoing? would they not be vetoing?
Present perfect I've vetoed
Positive I've vetoed
Singular
1st person I've vetoed I have vetoed
2nd person you've vetoed you have vetoed
3rd person he/she/it's vetoed he/she/it has vetoed
Plural
1st person we've vetoed we have vetoed
2nd person you've vetoed you have vetoed
3rd person they've vetoed they have vetoed
Negative I haven't vetoed
Singular
1st person I haven't vetoed I have not vetoed
2nd person you haven't vetoed you have not vetoed
3rd person he/she/it hasn't vetoed he/she/it has not vetoed
Plural
1st person we haven't vetoed we have not vetoed
2nd person you haven't vetoed you have not vetoed
3rd person they haven't vetoed they have not vetoed
Question have I vetoed?
Singular
1st person have I vetoed?
2nd person have you vetoed?
3rd person has he/she/it vetoed?
Plural
1st person have we vetoed?
2nd person have you vetoed?
3rd person have they vetoed?
Negative question haven't I vetoed?
Singular
1st person haven't I vetoed? have I not vetoed?
2nd person haven't you vetoed? have you not vetoed?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it vetoed? has he/she/it not vetoed?
Plural
1st person haven't we vetoed? have we not vetoed?
2nd person haven't you vetoed? have you not vetoed?
3rd person haven't they vetoed? have they not vetoed?
Past perfect I had vetoed
Positive I had vetoed
Singular
1st person I had vetoed
2nd person you had vetoed
3rd person he/she/it had vetoed
Plural
1st person we had vetoed
2nd person you had vetoed
3rd person they had vetoed
Negative I hadn't vetoed
Singular
1st person I hadn't vetoed I had not vetoed
2nd person you hadn't vetoed you had not vetoed
3rd person he/she/it hadn't vetoed he/she/it had not vetoed
Plural
1st person we hadn't vetoed we had not vetoed
2nd person you hadn't vetoed you had not vetoed
3rd person they hadn't vetoed they had not vetoed
Question had I vetoed?
Singular
1st person had I vetoed?
2nd person had you vetoed?
3rd person had he/she/it vetoed?
Plural
1st person had we vetoed?
2nd person had you vetoed?
3rd person had they vetoed?
Negative question hadn't I vetoed?
Singular
1st person hadn't I vetoed? had I not vetoed?
2nd person hadn't you vetoed? had you not vetoed?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it vetoed? had he/she/it not vetoed?
Plural
1st person hadn't we vetoed? had we not vetoed?
2nd person hadn't you vetoed? had you not vetoed?
3rd person hadn't they vetoed? had they not vetoed?
Future perfect I'll have vetoed
Positive I'll have vetoed
Singular
1st person I'll have vetoed I will have vetoed
2nd person you'll have vetoed you will have vetoed
3rd person he/she/it'll have vetoed he/she/it will have vetoed
Plural
1st person we'll have vetoed we will have vetoed
2nd person you'll have vetoed you will have vetoed
3rd person they'll have vetoed they will have vetoed
Negative I won't have vetoed
Singular
1st person I won't have vetoed I will not have vetoed
2nd person you won't have vetoed you will not have vetoed
3rd person he/she/it won't have vetoed he/she/it will not have vetoed
Plural
1st person we won't have vetoed we will not have vetoed
2nd person you won't have vetoed you will not have vetoed
3rd person they won't have vetoed they will not have vetoed
Question +'ll I have vetoed?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have vetoed? will I have vetoed?
2nd person +'ll you have vetoed? will you have vetoed?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have vetoed? will he/she/it have vetoed?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have vetoed? will we have vetoed?
2nd person +'ll you have vetoed? will you have vetoed?
3rd person +'ll they have vetoed? will they have vetoed?
Negative question won't I have vetoed?
Singular
1st person won't I have vetoed? will I not have vetoed?
2nd person won't you have vetoed? will you not have vetoed?
3rd person won't he/she/it have vetoed? will he/she/it not have vetoed?
Plural
1st person won't we have vetoed? will we not have vetoed?
2nd person won't you have vetoed? will you not have vetoed?
3rd person won't they have vetoed? will they not have vetoed?
Conditional perfect I'd have vetoed
Positive I'd have vetoed
Singular
1st person I'd have vetoed I would have vetoed
2nd person you'd have vetoed you would have vetoed
3rd person he/she/it'd have vetoed he/she/it would have vetoed
Plural
1st person we'd have vetoed we would have vetoed
2nd person you'd have vetoed you would have vetoed
3rd person they'd have vetoed they would have vetoed
Negative I wouldn't have vetoed
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have vetoed I would not have vetoed
2nd person you wouldn't have vetoed you would not have vetoed
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have vetoed he/she/it would not have vetoed
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have vetoed we would not have vetoed
2nd person you wouldn't have vetoed you would not have vetoed
3rd person they wouldn't have vetoed they would not have vetoed
Question would I have vetoed?
Singular
1st person would I have vetoed?
2nd person would you have vetoed?
3rd person would he/she/it have vetoed?
Plural
1st person would we have vetoed?
2nd person would you have vetoed?
3rd person would they have vetoed?
Negative question wouldn't I have vetoed?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have vetoed? would I not have vetoed?
2nd person wouldn't you have vetoed? would you not have vetoed?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have vetoed? would he/she/it not have vetoed?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have vetoed? would we not have vetoed?
2nd person wouldn't you have vetoed? would you not have vetoed?
3rd person wouldn't they have vetoed? would they not have vetoed?
Imperative veto!
Positive
you veto!
we let's veto!
Negative
you don't veto!
we let's not veto!
Examples veto examples
How do I use veto in a sentence?
Simple sentences
The President vetoed the bill, but Congress overrode his veto.
Movie subtitles
Oh, he had the power of veto.
Of course, and we reserve the right to veto.
We veto it.
I veto it.
That you, Dr. Humbert, should definitely un-veto that girl's nonparticipation in the school play.
In that case, I veto the plan.
It makes no sense at all, and if you could reach Mission Control. they'd veto this crackbrained plan of yours, hands down. I'm not so sure of that.
Mind you, I reserve my legal right of veto.
Besides censoring our mail, you also veto what books are allowed to be sent in to us?
Ministers never veto honours.
With a Magnum 44 whose owner asked authorities responsible for the investigation, veto. - I do not want to watch TV.
Veto, Darwin.
Kryten, can we override her shutdown veto?
TRYING TO SCARE THE SENATE INTO A VETO?
The National Association of Homosexuals. has finally removed the veto from the Big Hunt.
Besides censoring our mail you also veto books sent?
Do you think the governor is gonna veto your budget proposal?
The President is expected to veto the bill.
I must use my veto power.
Veto, I say!
You will not make a mockery of my veto power.
Veto.
I could veto this Simpson-Gardner thing if I wanted to, but I don't.
When you veto their funding, that's not a mistake. When you hurt someone intentionally, that's not a mistake.
We didn't veto anything.
The veto again.
To what delays? Veto.
So, in that case, are you going to lift your veto?
And if I were Queen, I would veto it.
Veto to carajo! You can cogerte a that puta, to me concerns carajo to me!
What? Veto to carajo, fat person of excrement!
Veto of here!
Veto to the excrement!
Veto it.
The president will veto any bill prohibiting sampling data as a component of the 2000 census.
Insist on prohibiting sampling, and count on a long fight followed by a veto.
The White House will veto it when no one's looking.
News and current affairs
A US veto of a Security Council resolution - supported by the Council's 14 other members - to oppose Israeli settlements seemed to signal that Obama had crumbled under pressure from America's pro-Israel lobby.
In particular, they object to the plan's proposal to give increased powers and responsibilities to the Secretary General, whose selection is effectively in the hands of the Security Council's five permanent members, which wield veto power.
Because the Czech Parliament's upper house has an absolute veto over constitutional amendments, the opportunity to amend the Constitution was lost.
Witness, for example, Ireland's veto of the institutional reforms adopted at the EU's Nice summit in December 2000 - reforms without which enlargement cannot go forward.
But the UK government could - and undoubtedly would - veto any such adaptation of the Bank of England's responsibilities for monetary policy, financial stability, and banking supervision.
This means that no single country can block action, in contrast to the IMF executive board, which makes decisions by consensus, giving large countries like the United States de facto veto power.
The two crises have nothing in common, but their resolution will depend in large part on whether these two permanent members of the United Nations Security Council use their veto power.
The American president would choose the Bank's head, and Europe would collectively decide on the IMF leader, with the understanding that the other side would exercise its veto only if a candidate were totally unacceptable.
But the League's unanimity requirement effectively gave all members veto power, and the United States Senate's refusal to ratify its Covenant condemned the effort to a premature death.
This alone justifies referring these issues to the UN General Assembly, which, unlike the Security Council, knows no veto power.
The fact that America can veto even these modest IMF proposals illustrates a fundamental weakness of current international economic arrangements.
In the UN, five countries hold a veto - largely a historical anachronism.
Whatever one's attitude to these arrangements, the notion that a single country can exercise effective veto power seems inconsonant with basic democratic principles.
The world cannot allow America to veto its efforts.
While Russia retains the world's largest (if somewhat aging) arsenal of nuclear weapons, as well as a permanent seat (and thus veto power) on the UN Security Council, it is more sick than BRIC.
But China wields a veto there and will block enforcement of an adverse ruling, just as the US did in the Nicaragua case.
Substantive safeguards, such as giving groups of national parliaments the power to veto unwanted EU proposals, are trickier; but here, too, negotiators should be able to finesse a solution.
What will most likely emerge is a eurozone pact that member states can sign and ratify at will, making it impossible to veto.
More recently, however, Obama has threatened to veto any further attempts to roll back financial reform.
The junta then assumed legislative authority, as well as the power to form a constitutional assembly and veto proposed constitutional provisions.
The US (which has veto power) has now taken the stance that it will no longer approve the higher number of executive directors (24 at present).
The EU's member governments name the members of the European Commission, and the Parliament lacks an explicit right to veto them.
Of course, it could be that the United Kingdom's veto of the summit's proposed changes to the EU's Lisbon Treaty drowned out all else, while further increasing distrust on the part of the public and financial markets of a divided Europe.
And yet confidence in the recent decisions taken in Brussels remains low, owing not only to dissipated trust and the fuss about the British veto, but also to the apparent absence of measures to intervene in the current crisis.
Indeed, he may not even object to ruining the EU's entire legislative engine by granting national parliaments a veto.
If Russia does veto the Ahtisaari plan, the EU's united facade will likely fracture, with many European countries refusing either to join the US in recognizing an independent Kosovo without the UN's blessing or to send a supervisory mission there.
So long as unanimity remains, the more countries that take part in decisionmaking, the bigger the danger of a single veto blocking action.