versus

ver·sus  (vûrss, -sz)

prep.

1. Abbr. v. or vs. Against: the plaintiff versus the defendant; Army versus Navy.

2. As the alternative to or in contrast with: "freedom of information versus invasion of privacy" (Ian Hamilton).

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[Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, turned, toward, from past participle of vertere, to turn; see wer-² in Indo-European roots.]

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versus [ˈvɜːsəs]

prep

1. (esp in a competition or lawsuit) against; in opposition to Abbreviation v (esp US) vs

2. as opposed to; in contrast with

[from Latin: turned (in the direction of), opposite, from vertere to turn]

Thesaurus

versus

preposition

1. as opposed to Profits are up by only 15% versus the 25% we expected.

2. against, v. Italy versus Japan is turning out to be a well matched competition.

Translations

versus [ˈvɜːsəs] PREP (Jur, Sport) → contra

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versus [ˈvɜː^rsəs] prep

(SPORT, LAW) (= against) → contre

(= as opposed to) → par opposition à, versus

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versus

prep → gegen (+acc)

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versus [ˈvɜːsəs] prep (Law, Sport) (gen) → contro

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versus [ˈvɜːsəs] prep (Law, Sport) (gen) → contro

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versus

prep versus [ˈvəːsəs]

(often abbreviated tovorvswhen written) against the England v Wales rugby match. teen ضِد، مُقابِل срещу proti versus gegen κατά, εναντίον contra vastu در مقابل vastaan contre נֶגֶד बनाम spram, protiv ellen lawan gegn contro ～対 …대(對), …에 대한 prieš pret antara... dengan... tegen mot, kontra kontra contra contra; versus против proti, verzus proti protiv mot, kontra ต่อสู้กับ ...-e/a karşı 對... проти بمقابلہ đấu với （比赛等中）...对...

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versus → ضد proti versus gegen κατά contra vastaan contre protiv contro ･･･対 … 대 … versus kontra przeciwko versus против mot ต่อสู้กับ karşı chống lại 与...相对