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Etymology


From , past participle of .

Preposition



  1. against, in opposition to.
    It is the Colts versus the Bears in the Super Bowl.
  2. compared with, as opposed to.
    • 2005, Robert E. Weiss, Modeling Longitudinal Data, Springer, ISBN 978-0-387-40271-0, page 104:
      If, for example, we select random people entering a workout gym, versus if we pick random people entering a hospital, we will get very different samples.

Related terms

  • adversus
  • revertor
  • trānsversus
  • versiō
  • vertō

Descendants

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  • French:
  • Italian: ,

Noun



  1. a furrow (turned earth)
  2. a verse, a line
    Si versus horum duorum poetarum neglegetis, magna parte litterarum carebitis.
    If you neglect the verses of these two poets, you will miss a great part of literature.
  3. a turn, step
 
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