versus

See also vēršus, and verŝus

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin versus (“against, turned”), past participle of vertere (“to turn, change, overthrow, destroy”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈvɜːsəs/
• (US) IPA: /ˈvɝsəs/, /ˈvɝsəz/, sometimes IPA: /ˈvɝs/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)səs

Conjunction

versus

1. Used to link two or more opposing or contrasting elements.

Synonyms

• vs, vs., v, v.

Preposition

versus

1. against, in opposition to.

   It is the Packers versus the Steelers in the Super Bowl.

2. compared with, as opposed to.
   • 2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, New York Times:

     In polling by the Pew Research Center in November 2008, fully half the respondents thought the two parties would cooperate more in the coming year, versus only 36 percent who thought the climate would grow more adversarial.

   • 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.

3. 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.

Synonyms

• vs, vs., v, v.

Translations

in opposition to

• Arabic: بالمقابل (ar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 對 (cmn), 对 (cmn) (duì)

• Dutch: tegen (nl)
• Finnish: vastaan (fi)
• French: contre (fr), face à (fr)
• German: gegen (de)
• Greek: κατά (el) (katá) 
• Hebrew: נֶגֶד (he) (néged)
• Hungarian: kontra (hu)
• Icelandic: á móti (is), móti (is)

• Ido: kontre
• Irish: in aghaidh (ga)
• Italian: contro (it)
• Japanese: 対 (ja) (たい, tai)
• Norwegian: versus (no)
• Polish: kontra (pl)
• Russian: против (ru) (prótiv) 
• Serbian: nasprotiv, protiv
• Spanish: contra, en vez de
• Swedish: mot, kontra (rare)

compared with

• Arabic: بالعكس (ar) (بالعكس)
• Catalan: en comparació amb (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 比...相对 (cmn), 比...相對 (cmn) (bǐ...xiāngduì), 比...相比之下 (cmn) (bǐ...xiāngbǐ zhī xià), 與 (cmn), 与 (cmn) (yǔ), 和 (cmn) (hé)

• Finnish: verrattuna siihen, että (fi)
• Greek: see: σχέση (el) (schési) f 
• Hebrew: לעומת (he) (leʿumát)
• Polish: a (pl)
• Russian: в сравнении с (ru) (v sravnénii s) , по сравнению с (ru) (po sravnéniju s) 

Related terms

• vertex
• subvert
• invert
• convert
• evert
• verse

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Italian

Preposition

versus

1. versus

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Latin

Etymology

From the perfect passive participle of vertō (“turn”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈwer.sus/

Participle

versus m (feminine versa, neuter versum); first/second declension

1. turned, changed, having been turned.

Descendants

• English: verso

Inflection

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

Related terms

• adversus
• revertor
• trānsversus
• versiō
• vertō

Adverb

versus (not comparable)

1. towards, turned to or in the direction of, facing

Descendants

• English: versus
• French: vers, versus
• Italian: verso, versus

Noun

versus (genitive versūs); m, fourth declension

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. (dance) a turn, step

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	versus	versūs
genitive	versūs	versuum
dative	versuī	versibus
accusative	versum	versūs
ablative	versū	versibus
vocative	versus	versūs

Derived terms

• versiculus

Descendants

• English: verse
• French: vers
• Italian: verso
• Portuguese: verso
• Romanian: viers
• Spanish verso