Definizione monolingua

versus

versus (genitive vers?s); 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

versus (not comparable)

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

versus

1. against, in opposition to.

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

2. 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.

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.

versus

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

Definizione dizionario versus

	contro
	in opposition to

versus

Altri significati:

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).

Used to link two or more opposing or contrasting elements.

against, in opposition to.

compared with, as opposed to.

compared with