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Definition of: versus
(vûr′səs) prep.
1. Against: used in naming or entitling actions in courts: plaintiff versus defendant; in contests: Dempsey versus Tunney: usually contracted to v. or vs.
2. Considered as the alternative of: free trade versus high tariffs. [<L, toward, turned toward, orig. pp. of vertere turn]
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