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| 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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Audio Help (vûr'səs, -səz) Pronunciation Key
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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
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").
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
versus [ˈvəːsəs] preposition
(often abbreviated to v or vs when written) against
Example: the England v Wales rugby match
Example: the England v Wales rugby match
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