vet

n.
A veterinarian.


v., vet·ted, vet·ting, vets.

v.tr.

1. To subject to veterinary evaluation, examination, medication, or surgery.
2. To subject to thorough examination or evaluation: vet a manuscript.

v.intr.
To engage in the practice of veterinary medicine.


vet² (vĕt)
n. Informal
A veteran.

(vet)

verb tr.
1. To examine: to check for validity, accuracy or authenticity.
2. To subject to veterinary care.

noun
Veterinarian; veterinary.

Etymology
Shortening of veterinarian

noun
Veteran: a soldier, especially one who has fought in a war.
[Shortening of veteran.]
Why is it that to doctor a document is to falsify it, but to vet it is to check it for its accuracy?

Usage
"Commonwealth Press Union New Zealand chairman Gavin Ellis said 'the suggestion that journalists should give up their copy to judges for vetting is totally unacceptable.'" — Judge Says Checks on Journalists Won't Be Abused; New Zealand Herald (Auckland); Nov 12, 2004.

"The bills will then be sent to India's finance and law ministries to be vetted before being put before the president for his approval." — India on Track For Biggest Tax Revamp; Gulf Daily News (Bahrain); Nov 3, 2004.

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noun

One who has had long experience in a given activity or capacity: old hand, veteran. Informal old-timer. See ability/inability, knowledge/ignorance.

Common idiomatic version of veterinarian.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - dyrlæge
v. tr. - undersøge, behandle, kontrollere
v. intr. - arbejde som dyrlæge

2.
n. - veteran

Nederlands (Dutch)
dierenarts, veteraan, keuren, medisch behandelen, nakijken/ evalueren

Français (French)
1.
n. - vétérinaire
v. tr. - mener une enquête approfondie sur, passer en revue, approuver (une publication)
v. intr. - être vétérinaire

2.
n. - (US, Mil) ancien combattant

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Tierarzt
v. - überprüfen

2.
n. - (ugs.) Veteran

Ελληνική (Greek)
abbr. - κτηνίατρος, παλαίμαχος, βετεράνος
v. - (Βρετ.) θεωρώ, εξετάζω για έγκριση ή εγκρίνω, (καθομ.) υποβάλλω σε ιατρική εξέταση και αγωγή
n. - κτηνίατρος, παλαίμαχος, βετεράνος

Italiano (Italian)
esaminare, visitare, medicare, curare, controllare, (fig.) setacciare, veterinario, veterano

idioms:

• be vetted    essere scrutinato

Português (Portuguese)
abbr. - veterinarian
v. - tratar (de animais), examinar cuidadosamente
n. - veterinário (m) (coloq.)

Русский (Russian)
лечить животных, исследовать, ветеран, ветеринар

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - veterinario
v. tr. - someter a una investigación, examinar
v. intr. - trabajar de veterinario

2.
n. - veterano, ex combatiente

Svenska (Swedish)
abbr. - veterinär
v. - undersöka, behandla
n. - veteran

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 兽医, 诊断, 检审, 当兽医

2. 老兵

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 獸醫
v. tr. - 診斷, 檢審
v. intr. - 當獸醫

2.
n. - 老兵

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 수의[사]
v. tr. - (동물을) 진료하다, (사람을) 진찰하다, 심사하다
v. intr. - 수의사 일을 하다

2.
n. - 노련가, 노목, 오래 써서 낡은 것

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 獣医, 退役軍人, 老兵
v. - 診療する, 診察する, 詳しく調べる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(اختصار) رمز لطبيب بيطري (فعل) فحص فحصا دقيقا, عالج طبيا (الاسم) طبيب بيطري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רופא-חיות, וטרינר‬
v. tr. - ‮בדק בדיקה רפואית, בחן, בדק‬
v. intr. - ‮עבד כרופא-חיות‬
n. - ‮חייל ותיק, עובד ותיק‬

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