versus
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- adposition
- /ˈvɜr.səs/
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contra
- The importance of depth versus breadth is another component of the professional development program.
- public versus private
- treatment versus control
- versus control
I like to create value versus take from other people.
- I like to create value versus take from other people.
- Real issue in war was old versus new money.
- Next we got coach BDE versus Pete Carroll.
- It all comes down to this, Intel versus AMD.
- So the real versus the fake was us scammed.
- I'm going to show you a promoted post versus a link post.
- It looks at the rate of PTSD versus post traumatic growth.
Examples
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Different mechanisms may be effective for conservation on public versus private lands or waters.
Academic text (2011) -
Championship round, Germany versus U.S.A.
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It's just a person versus time, you know?
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Do I want more of that versus just go, go, go?
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I like to create value versus take from other people.
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I would rather go green versus brown if you had to choose.
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Now is the battle of good versus evil.
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Look at the classes that students consider "easy" versus those that they consider "hard."
Academic text (2011) -
OK, so David, Leeds versus Arsenal this coming weekend.
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In the finals, it will be the champion team Argentina versus the runner-up team France.
Synonyms
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Compared with something to show a difference
A word showing disagreement with something, often in formal writing
Used between two legal parties to mean against in case names
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Versus comes from the Latin word vertere, which means 'to turn', and it is related to English words like reverse that keep the idea of turning. Because of this 'turning' idea, versus came to mean 'against' or 'in opposition', so we use it to show a contest or contrast between two sides.