Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of vet
nounvetting (plural vettings)
plural vettings
- 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
Translations
Dutch onderzoek, nazicht
- onderzoekchecking or investigation
- nazichtchecking or investigation
French investigation, vérification
- investigationchecking or investigation
- vérificationchecking or investigation
German Überprüfung, Check
- Überprüfungchecking or investigation
- Checkchecking or investigation
- Untersuchungchecking or investigation
Spanish investigación, escrutinio
- investigaciónchecking or investigation
- escrutiniochecking or investigation
- verificaciónchecking or investigation
- chequeochecking or investigation
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APA
vetting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vetting
MLA
“vetting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vetting. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vetting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vetting.
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