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1. (prep.) versus
against (used esp. to join names of parties in a legal case or competing teams or players in a sports contest):
Smith versus Jones; Army versus Navy.
2. versus
as compared to; in contrast with: traveling by plane versus traveling by train.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < L: towards, i.e., turned so as to face (something), orig. ptp. of vertere to turn; see verse)
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1. (preposition) versus
against, used to indicate opposing players or teams in a sport
Spain versus Brazil in the final
2. versus
against, used to talk about two opposing ideas, people in a debate, etc.
herbal versus traditional medicine
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1. versus
against; as, John Doe versus Richard Roe; -- chiefly used in legal language, and abbreviated to v. or vs
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Sense: (often abbreviated to v or vs when written) against
the England v Wales rugby match.
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 Afrikaans: teen |
 Arabic: ضِد، مُقابِل |
 Bulgarian: срещу |
 Brazilian: contra |
 Czech: proti |
 German: gegen |
 Danish: versus |
 Greek: κατά, εναντίον |
 Spanish: contra |
 Estonian: vastu |
 Farsi: در مقابل |
 Finnish: vastaan |
 French: contre |
 Hebrew: נֶגֶד |
 Hindi: बनाम |
 Croatian: spram, protiv |
 Hungarian: ellen |
 Indonesian: lawan |
 Icelandic: gegn |
 Italian: contro |
 Japanese: ～対 |
 Korean: …대(對), …에 대한 |
 Lithuanian: prieš |
 Latvian: pret |
 Malay: antara... dengan... |
 Dutch: tegen |
 Norwegian: mot, kontra |
 Polish: kontra |
 Portuguese: contra |
 Romanian: contra; versus |
 Russian: против |
 Slovak: proti, verzus |
 Slovenian: proti |
 Serbian: protiv |
 Swedish: mot, kontra |
 Thai: ต่อสู้กับ |
 Turkish: ...-e/a karşı |
 Taiwanese: 對... |
 Ukrainian: проти |
 Urdu: بمقابلہ |
 Vietnamese: đấu với |
 Chinese: （比赛等中）对... |
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