Meaning

Against; in opposition to..

Definitions by Sense

1. Against; in opposition to.
2. Compared with, as opposed to.
3. (law) 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).
4. Interacting with, especially to record reactions
5. (music) Mashed up with.
6. (music) Indicating one group or artist remixing another.
7. To face in competition
8. To fight

Example Sentences

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

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.

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.

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans.

Kiss Me Thru The Phone vs. Last Friday Night

The Auteurs vs. μ-Ziq

Word Forms

• versuses
• versusing
• versused

Synonyms for versus

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When Should You Use Versus?

Use versus when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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