vet
1to 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.
to work as a veterinarian.
Origin of vet
1Other definitions for vet (2 of 3)
Origin of vet
2Other definitions for vet. (3 of 3)
veteran.
veterinarian.
veterinary.
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How to use vet in a sentence
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.
U.S. Hasn’t Even Started Training Rebel Army to Fight ISIS | Tim Mak | November 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe 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.
It’s Time for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans to Get a Parade of Their Own | Michael Daly | November 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI was taken into one by Maurice, a gnarled old Vietnam vet in a wooly hat.
Here’s a Reform Even the Koch Brothers and George Soros Can Agree On | Tina Brown | November 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
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.
The Romance of His Life | Mary CholmondeleyShe's an Irish girl—was governess to some rich Jew in Edgbaston, and she married a vet.
Happy House | Betsey Riddle, Freifrau von Hutten zum StolzenbergFreckles tried to think connectedly, but there were too many places on the trail where the Angel's footprints were vet visible.
Freckles | Gene Stratton-PorterI wrote at once to the vet, telling him to telegraph "Curable" or "Hopeless," and to act accordingly.
Animal Ghosts | Elliott O'DonnellWe had the vet out from Westchurch two or three times, but there was nothing much he could do.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady | Lucas Malet
British Dictionary definitions for vet (1 of 3)
/ (vɛt) /
short for veterinary surgeon
(tr) mainly British to make a prior examination and critical appraisal of (a person, document, scheme, etc): the candidates were well vetted See also positive vetting
to examine, treat, or cure (an animal)
British Dictionary definitions for vet (2 of 3)
/ (vɛt) /
US and Canadian short for veteran (def. 2), veteran (def. 3)
British Dictionary definitions for vet. (3 of 3)
veteran
veterinarian
veterinary
- Also (for senses 2, 3): veter
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