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Versus

//ˈvɜːsəs// prep, verb

Definitions

Preposition
  1. 1
    Against; in opposition to.

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

  2. 2
    Compared with, as opposed to.

    "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."

  3. 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. 4
    Interacting with, especially to record reactions
  5. 5
    Mashed up with.

    "Kiss Me Thru The Phone vs. Last Friday Night"

Verb
  1. 1
    To face in competition
  2. 2
    To fight

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English versus, borrowed from Latin versus (“facing”), past participle of vertere (“to turn, change, overthrow, destroy”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English versus, borrowed from Latin versus (“facing”), past participle of vertere (“to turn, change, overthrow, destroy”).

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