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–preposition

1.	against (used esp. to indicate an action brought by one party against another in a court of law, or to denote competing teams or players in a sports contest): Smith versus Jones; Army versus Navy.

2.	as compared to or as one of two choices; in contrast with: traveling by plane versus traveling by train. Abbreviation: v., vs.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME < L: towards, i.e., turned so as to face (something), opposite, over against, orig. ptp. of vertere to turn; see verse

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ver·sus Audio Help (vûr'səs, -səz) Pronunciation Key
prep.

Abbr. v. or vs. Against: the plaintiff versus the defendant; Army versus Navy.
As the alternative to or in contrast with: "freedom of information versus invasion of privacy" (Ian Hamilton).

[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

1447, in legal case names, denoting action of one party against another, from L. versus "turned toward or against," from pp. of vertere "to turn," from PIE *wert- "to turn, wind," from base *wer- "to turn, bend" (cf. O.E. -weard "toward," originally "turned toward," weorthan "to befall," wyrd "fate, destiny," lit. "what befalls one;" Skt. vartate "turns round, rolls;" Avestan varet- "to turn;" L. vertere (freq. versare) "to turn;" O.C.S. vruteti "to turn, roll," Rus. vreteno "spindle, distaff;" Lith. verciu "to turn;" Gk. rhatane "stirrer, ladle;" Ger. werden, O.E. weorðan "to become," for sense, cf. "to turn into;" Welsh gwerthyd "spindle, distaff;" O.Ir. frith "against").

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versus [ˈvəːsəs] preposition

(often abbreviated to v or vs when written) against
Example: the England v Wales rugby match

Arabic:	ضِد، مُقابِل
Chinese (Simplified):	（比赛等中）…对…
Chinese (Traditional):	(比賽等中)…對…
Czech:	proti
Danish:	versus
Dutch:	tegen
Estonian:	vastu
Finnish:	vastaan
French:	contre
German:	gegen
Greek:	κατά, εναντίον
Hungarian:	ellen
Icelandic:	gegn
Indonesian:	lawan
Italian:	contro

Japanese:	～対
Korean:	…대(對)
Latvian:	pret
Lithuanian:	prieš
Norwegian:	mot, kontra
Polish:	kontra
Portuguese (Brazil):	versus
Portuguese (Portugal):	contra
Romanian:	contra; versus
Russian:	против
Slovak:	proti, verzus
Slovenian:	proti
Spanish:	contra
Swedish:	mot, kontra
Turkish:	…-e, *a karşı

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