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  • vs.
    vs.
    abbreviation
    verse.
  • v.s.
    v.s.
    abbreviation
    vide supra.
  • V.S.
    V.S.
    abbreviation
    Veterinary Surgeon.
  • VS
    VS
    abbreviation
    Veterinary Surgeon
  • vs
    vs
    abbreviation
    versus
Synonyms

vs.

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. verse.

  2. versus.


v.s. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. vide supra.


V.S. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Veterinary Surgeon.


VS 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. Veterinary Surgeon

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

v.s. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. vide supra See vide

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

vs 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. versus

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

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Patrick’s breathing had become even more labored and Dr. Nadas said, “Welton, we go see the president” — his Hungarian accent turning the w’s into v’s.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2013

His th's slurred together, and his w’s started sounding like v’s.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

“Vell, I say,” began Bobby, but Tim interrupted him with, “Now, Bob, you must git off that ’abit you’ve got o’ puttin’ v’s for double-u’s.

From Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

In this yere fel the grettest snowe that evere was seyn before this tyme; wherfore a vercyfyer made in metre thise vers: v’s’.

From A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum by Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir

My p's and b's would wobble and bend till they looked like f's and v's, if I tried to halve a letter I quartered it.

From Far Off Things by Machen, Arthur

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