versus
prépositionverbecourant dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//ˈvɜːsəs//
- Royaume-Uni//ˈvɜːsɪz//
- États-Unis//ˈvɝsəs//
- États-Unis//ˈvɝsəz//
- États-Unis//ˈvɝs//
Against; in opposition to.
préposition
- 1
Against; in opposition to.
It is the Packers versus the Steelers in the Super Bowl.
- 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.
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
- 5
Mashed up with.
Kiss Me Thru The Phone vs. Last Friday Night
- 6
Indicating one group or artist remixing another.
The Auteurs vs. μ-Ziq
Étymologie
From Middle English versus, borrowed from Latin versus (“facing”), past participle of vertere (“to turn, change, overthrow, destroy”).
verbe
- 1
To face in competition
- 2
To fight
Formes
- passé
- versused
- participe passé
- versused
- participe présent
- versusing
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- versuses