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vettings

vettings is the plural of vetting.

Meaning of vetting

Noun

vetting (plural vettings)

  1. A checking or investigation.
    • The Military Intelligence Service in 1997 carried out nearly 18,000 security vettings, which resulted in 43 applicants being turned down because of a criminal record.2003, Jean-Paul Brodeur, Peter Gill, Dennis Töllborg, Democracy, Law, and Security

Questions about vettings

What is vettings the plural of?
Vettings is the plural of vetting.

Words near vettings in the dictionary

  1. vetters
  2. Vettes
  3. Vettese
  4. Vetteses
  5. vetting
  6. vettings
  7. Vettones
  8. vettura
  9. vetturas
  10. vetture
  11. vetturini

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