how to pronounce veto

/ˈviːˌtoʊ/

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veto is pronounced in two syllables

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iː

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video examples of veto pronunciation

An example use of veto in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… are the five nations that can veto any …”

meaning of veto

Veto is a word that means to stop something from happening.

veto frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word veto occurs in english on average 2.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics veto can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that veto can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;