versus
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin versus (“against, turned”), past participle of vertere (“to turn, change, overthrow, destroy”).
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[edit] Conjunction
versus
- Used to link two or more opposing or contrasting elements.
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[edit] Preposition
versus
- against, in opposition to.
- It is the Packers versus the Steelers in the Super Bowl.
- 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.
- 2005, Robert E. Weiss, Modeling Longitudinal Data, Springer, ISBN 978-0-387-40271-0, page 104:
- 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).
- Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans.
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[edit] Translations
in opposition to
compared with
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[edit] Italian
[edit] Preposition
versus
[edit] Latin
[edit] Etymology
From the perfect passive participle of vertō (“turn”).
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[edit] Participle
versus m. (feminine versa, neuter versum); first/second declension
[edit] Descendants
- English: verso
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| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case \ Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | versus | versa | versum | versī | versae | versa | |
| genitive | versī | versae | versī | versōrum | versārum | versōrum | |
| dative | versō | versae | versō | versīs | versīs | versīs | |
| accusative | versum | versam | versum | versōs | versās | versa | |
| ablative | versō | versā | versō | versīs | versīs | versīs | |
| vocative | verse | versa | versum | versī | versae | versa | |
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[edit] Adverb
versus (not comparable)
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[edit] Noun
versus (genitive versūs); m, fourth declension
- a furrow (turned earth)
- 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.
- Si versus horum duorum poetarum neglegetis, magna parte litterarum carebitis.
- (dance) a turn, step
[edit] Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | versus | versūs |
| genitive | versūs | versuum |
| dative | versuī | versibus |
| accusative | versum | versūs |
| ablative | versū | versibus |
| vocative | versus | versūs |