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versus
/ˈvɝsəs/
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What does versus mean?
preposition
- Against; in opposition to.
- Compared with, as opposed to.
- 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).
More meanings (5)
preposition
- Interacting with, especially to record reactions
- Mashed up with.
- Indicating one group or artist remixing another.
verb
- To face in competition
- To fight
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈvɝsəs/
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See this word in context.
Such a saving of time in the performance of similar work--by steam versus manual labour--had never before been witnessed.
“That the decree nisi in the case of Phillotson versus Phillotson and Fawley, pronounced six months ago, has just been made absolute.”
More book examples (2)
You make important remarks versus Natural Selection, and you will perhaps be surprised that I do to a large extent agree with you.
This war of the permanent unified purposes versus the temporary scattering desires--the power of inhibition --is involved in the health and vigor of the person.