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View synonyms for versant
versant
[ vur-suhnt ]
noun
- a slope of a mountain or mountain chain.
- the general slope of a country or region.
versant
/ ˈvɜːsənt /
noun
- rare the side or slope of a mountain or mountain range
- the slope of a region
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of versant1
C19: from French, from verser to turn, from Latin versāre
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Example Sentences
He was a native of Fife, and in early life became versant in occult science.
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Most of the rivers of the northern versant are comparatively small, as the island narrows into a kind of promontory.
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The Kayan or Bulungan river is the only other in the eastern versant that calls for mention.
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The one Costa Rican locality of record also is in the Caribbean versant.
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Ingentes animos angusto in corpore versant—They have mighty souls at work within a stinted body.
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