- 1vet somebody to find out about a person's past life and career in order to decide if they are suitable for a particular job synonym screen All candidates are carefully vetted for security reasons.
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- 2vet something to check the contents, quality, etc. of something carefully synonym screen All reports are vetted before publication. She insists on vetting questions prior to an interview.
vet
verbNAmE//vɛt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they vet he / she / it vets
past simple vetted
-ing form vetting
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