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vetted

vetted is the simple past and past participle of vet.

Meaning of vet

Verb

vet (third-person singular simple present vets, present participle vetting, simple past and past participle vetted)

  1. To thoroughly check or investigate particularly with regard to providing formal approval.
    • The FBI vets all nominees to the Federal bench.
    Synonyms:
    evaluate

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Adjective

vetted (not comparable)

  1. Having undergone an investigation and been approved.
    • Only vetted nominees make it to committee hearings.

Words formed from vetted

Questions about vetted

What does vetted mean?
Vetted means having undergone an investigation and been approved.
What is vetted the simple past and past participle of?
Vetted is the simple past and past participle of vet.
What part of speech is vetted?
Vetted is an adjective.

Words near vetted in the dictionary

  1. Vetruvian
  2. vets
  3. vetsin
  4. vettable
  5. Vette
  6. vetted
  7. Vettel
  8. Vettels
  9. vetter
  10. vetters
  11. Vettes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vetted (page history and authors); vet (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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