preposition (abbreviation v, vs)
1 (especially sport or law) used to show that two teams or sides are against each other:
It is France versus Brazil in the final. * in the case of the State versus Ford
2 used to compare two different ideas, choices, etc:
It was the promise of better job opportunities versus the inconvenience of moving away and leaving her friends.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for versus is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does versus appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — versus appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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