Definitions For Versus

Preposition

{{en-prep}} against, against; in opposition to. : Synonym: vs, vs., q2=abbreviation : {{ux, en, It is the Packers versus the Steelers in the Super Bowl.}} compared, compared with, as opposed to. (legal) 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). : Synonym: v, v., q2=abbreviation : {{ux, en, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans.}}

Translations

Arabic: فِي مُقَابِل, ضِِدَّ Armenian: {{t-needed, hy}} Belarusian: су́праць Chinese: : Cantonese: 對}}, {{t, yue, 对 (deoi3) : Mandarin: 對, 对, tr=duì Dutch: tegen Esperanto: kontraŭ Finnish: vastaan, versus French: contre, face à Georgian: წინააღმდეგ German: gegen, im Gegensatz zu, m, contra Greek: κατά Hebrew: נֶגֶד, tr=néged Hungarian: kontra Icelandic: á móti, móti Ido: kontre Irish: in aghaidh Italian: contro Japanese: 対, tr=たい, tai, バーサス ( bāsasu) Khmer: {{t-needed, km}} Korean: 대 Malay: lawan Norwegian: versus Polish: kontra Portuguese: contra, vérsus Romanian: contra, împotriva Russian: про́тив Serbo-Croatian: : Roman: nasprotiv, protiv Slovene: proti Spanish: contra, en vez de Swedish: mot, kontra {{qualifier, rare}} Thai: {{t-needed, th}} Vietnamese: đối, đối đầu, đấu với Arabic: عَلَى اَلْعَكْس, ضِِدَّ Catalan: en comparació amb Chinese: : Mandarin: 比……相對}}, 比……相对 (bǐ...xiāngduì), 比……相比之下 (bǐ...xiāngbǐ zhī xià), 與, sc=Hani, {{t+, cmn, 与, tr=yǔ, 和, tr=hé Finnish: verrattuna, alt=verrattuna siihen, että, versus Georgian: შედარებით German: gegenüber, vergleiche, vgl., siehe auch Greek: see: σχέση, f Hebrew: לעומת (leʿumát, sc=Hebr) Latvian: salīdzinot ar Polish: a Portuguese: contra Russian: в сравне́нии с, по сравне́нию с Swedish: mot, jämfört Vietnamese: và

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Etymology

{{PIE root, en, wert}} From Middle English versus, borrowed from Latin versus ("against, turned"), past participle of vertō, vertere, t=to turn, change, overthrow, destroy.