Versus

Synonyms

 * vs, vs., v, v.

Preposition

 * 1) against, in opposition to.
 * It is the Packers versus the Steelers in the Super Bowl.
 * 1) compared with, as opposed to.
 * 2) * 2005, Robert E. Weiss, Modeling Longitudinal Data, Springer, ISBN 978-0-387-40271-0, page 104:
 * If, for example, we select random people entering a workout gym, versus if we pick random people entering a hospital, we will get very different samples.
 * 1) Bringing a legal action against, as used in the title of a court case in which the first party indicates the plaintiff (or appellant or the like), and the second indicates the defendant (or respondent or the like).
 * Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans.

Synonyms

 * vs, vs., v, v.

Thesaurus
across, adverse to, against, at cross-purposes with, athwart, con, confronting, contra, counter to, dead against, en route to, facing, fronting, headed for, in conflict with, in front of, in opposition to, in passage to, in transit to, on, on route to, opposed to, opposite to, over against, to, toward, towards, up, upon, vis-a-vis

Etymology
From versus:, past participle of verto:.

Translations

 * Arabic: بالمقابل
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 * Ido: kontre
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 * Serbian: nasprotiv, protiv
 * Spanish: contra, en vez de
 * Swedish: mot, kontra


 * Arabic: بالعكس
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 比...相对, 比...相對, 比...相比之下,, ,


 * Finnish:
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 * Russian: в сравнении с, по сравнению с
 * Catalan: en comparació amb

Related terms

 * vertex
 * subvert
 * invert
 * convert
 * evert
 * verse

Preposition

 * 1) versus

Participle

 * 1) turned, changed, having been turned.

Etymology
From the perfect passive participle of verto:.

Related terms

 * adversus
 * revertor
 * trānsversus
 * versiō
 * vertō

Adverb

 * 1) towards, turned to or in the direction of, facing

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Noun

 * 1) a furrow (turned earth)
 * 2) a verse, a line
 * Si versus horum duorum poetarum neglegetis, magna parte litterarum carebitis.
 * If you neglect the verses of these two poets, you will miss a great part of literature.
 * 1)  a turn, step

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