vs.

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abbreviation

verse.

versus.

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Question 1 of 8

On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

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Words nearby vs.

vroom, vrot, vrou, vrouw, vrystater, vs., vsb, VSD, V-shaped, V-shaped curve , V sign

Other definitions for vs. (2 of 3)

v.s.

abbreviation

vide supra.

Other definitions for vs. (3 of 3)

V.S.

abbreviation

Veterinary Surgeon.

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How to use vs. in a sentence

It was Orlando vs. Justin in an Ibiza melee with two highly unlikely opposing parties.
The Bloom-Bieber Brawl We Didn’t Know We Needed|Kevin O’Keeffe|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
According to Adoflsson, the tradition is nothing more than good vs. evil, set in a quaint Swedish town.
Sweden’s Burning Christmas Goat|Nina Strochlic|December 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“The investigation started with ‘Adam vs. Arabs,’ that he wanted to blow up everything that was important to them,” said Wolf.
The Strange Case of the Christian Zionist Terrorist|Creede Newton|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Is it True that “Gays vs. Traditionalists are a Zero-Sum Game”?
Do LGBTs Owe Christians an Olive Branch? Try The Other Way Around|Jay Michaelson|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Maria Borges, an African model in her second VS show, said everyone back home in Angola would be watching her.
I Got Kicked Out Of The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show|Nico Hines|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Vertue workes strangely with vs: and his goodnesseRising aboue his fortune, seemes to mePrincelike, to will, not aske a courtesie.
The Fatal Dowry|Philip Massinger
We neuer tooke any of them our selves, but sometime eate of such as the inhabitants had taken & brought vnto vs.
A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land Of Virginia, 1590|Thomas Hariot
A thing specially obserued by vs as also by the naturall inhabitants themselues.
A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land Of Virginia, 1590|Thomas Hariot
It is even sought to reconcile the antinomy of freedom vs. God's foreknowledge.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy|Isaac Husik
Once a woman took these same vs. hellers on condition that she would not beg any more in the neighbourhood.
The Book of Vagabonds and Beggars|Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for vs. (1 of 3)

abbreviation for

versus

British Dictionary definitions for vs. (2 of 3)

abbreviation for

Veterinary Surgeon

British Dictionary definitions for vs. (3 of 3)

v.s.

abbreviation for

vide supraSee vide

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Medical definitions for vs.

abbr.

volumetric solution