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  1. preposition Against: the plaintiff versus the defendant; Army versus Navy.
  2. preposition As the alternative to or in contrast with: "freedom of information versus invasion of privacy” (Ian Hamilton).

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  • Recent media coverage whereby Liberal Leader Stephane Dion has been chastised for his inability to be understood in English, versus his native tongue of French has targeted criticism against Conservative Leader Steven Harper by the media. —  The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public
  • On one hand, there has been confusion about what constitutes a shoujo manga title versus a josei title versus a seinen title, exacerbated by the prominence of titles that are difficult to pin down without looking at the anthology in which they were initially published (for example Honey and Clover or Nana). —  Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
  • The $1,199 iMac comes with a 500GB hard drive -- versus the 320GB drive in the older 20-in. iMac -- while the other three models come with a 1TB drive as standard. —  ARN News
  • But the 30k (low) - versus-60k (mid) - versus 90k (high) death rates for this season? —  Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog
  • I like showing people what they are doing right, and how to do more of the same -- versus telling them what's wrong. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
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  1. Middle English, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, turned, toward, from past participle of vertere, to turn; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin versus, toward, against, past participle of vertere, turn: see verse.
 

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