versus
//ˈvɜːsəs//
Forms
- present (v1)
- versus
- past (v2)
- versused
- past participle (v3)
- versused
- present participle
- versusing
- 3rd person singular
- versuses
Definitions
1.To face in competition
2.To fight
1.Against; in opposition to.
- It is the Packers versus the Steelers in the Super Bowl.
2.Compared with, as opposed to.
- 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.
4.Interacting with, especially to record reactions
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3016
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English versus, borrowed from Latin versus (“facing”), past participle of vertere (“to turn, change, overthrow, destroy”).