versus

Meanings

1. 1
   prep

   Against; in opposition to.

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

2. 2
   prep

   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
   prep

   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
   prep

   Mashed up with.

   Kiss Me Thru The Phone vs. Last Friday Night

5. 5
   prep

   Interacting with, especially to record reactions

6. 6
   verb

   To face in competition

7. 7
   verb

   To fight

Etymology

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