V, v
[vee]
- the 22nd letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
- any spoken sound represented by the letter V or v, as in victor, flivver, or shove.
- something having the form of a V.
- a written or printed representation of the letter V or v.
- a device, as a printer's type, for reproducing the letter V or v.
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v.s.
- vide supra.
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V.S.
- Veterinary Surgeon.
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Examples from the Web for vs
Contemporary Examples
Maria Borges, an African model in her second VS show, said everyone back home in Angola would be watching her.
French designer Pierre-Antoine Vettorello sews large fabric-covered guns into his “Bonnie Magnum vs Samantha Beretta” collection.
The site is now operating on a different server, and the organization has not heard from VS since the switch.
Pink Loves Consent: an Anti-Rape Victoria’s Secret Spoof That’s Gone ViralMisty White Sidell
December 11, 2012
It was just one of over a dozen instances in which VS has been called out on its Photoshopping B.S.
But no: “We would never use [her],” said the creative mind behind past VS fashion shows, Sophia Neophitou, to The New York Times.
Historical Examples
That is not enough for vs, quod they; and thus thei stroue together.
Shakespeare Jest-Books;Unknown
Wherfore, of Necessity, the one is much farder from vs, then the other.
But let vs retourne to the profyt that Augustine speaketh of.
Harke you, let vs not be laughing stockes to other mens humors.
The Merry Wives of WindsorWilliam Shakespeare
I may saie to you he planted in vs the first Italionate wit that we had.
vs
- versus
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VS
- Veterinary Surgeon
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v.s.
- vide supraSee vide
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Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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Word Origin and History for vs
abbreviation in law of Latin versus "against" (see versus). Also sometimes vs.; ver.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
VS
- volumetric solution
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The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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V
- The symbol for vanadium.
- The symbol for voltage.
- Abbreviation of volume
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The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
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