to vet
to carefully check, to examine
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
The "Stasi files law," as it is popularly known, also made it possible to VET parliamentarians for Stasi connections.
(John O. Koehler, Stasi: The Untold Story of the East German Secret Police)
The Stanford Database on Nuclear Smuggling, Theft and Orphan Radiation Sources (DSTO)... which will only be available to carefully VETTED researchers, is intended to help governments and international agencies track missing nuclear material worldwide.
(BBC News - 7th March 2002)
(John O. Koehler, Stasi: The Untold Story of the East German Secret Police)
The Stanford Database on Nuclear Smuggling, Theft and Orphan Radiation Sources (DSTO)... which will only be available to carefully VETTED researchers, is intended to help governments and international agencies track missing nuclear material worldwide.
(BBC News - 7th March 2002)
Did you
know?
to vet
To examine carefully; to subject to thorough appraisal; to evaluate.
If you like checking things check out these synonms:
audit, case, catechize, check, check out, clock, eye, eyeball, go over, go through, inquire, interrogate, investigate, look over, look-see, notice, observe, oversee, probe, question, review, scan, scope, scout, scrutinize, search, study, superintend, supervise, survey, vet, view, watch
vet as a NOUN means something completely different:
- veteran = der Veteran
- veterinarian (a doctor who practices veterinary medicine) = der Tierarzt
To examine carefully; to subject to thorough appraisal; to evaluate.
If you like checking things check out these synonms:
audit, case, catechize, check, check out, clock, eye, eyeball, go over, go through, inquire, interrogate, investigate, look over, look-see, notice, observe, oversee, probe, question, review, scan, scope, scout, scrutinize, search, study, superintend, supervise, survey, vet, view, watch
vet as a NOUN means something completely different:
- veteran = der Veteran
- veterinarian (a doctor who practices veterinary medicine) = der Tierarzt
