Etymology

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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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