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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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I always say don’t do the five Vs all at once, because people who are intense like myself will want to do everything at once.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2025

The announcement comes after Mr Bates Vs the Post Office drew in more than 10 million viewers and dominated the headlines last month.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2024

The project’s nature-themed name is making it easier for the topic to gain traction on social media than other oil projects with more technical-sounding names, said Cassidy DiPaolo, spokesperson for People Vs.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2023

Nike would not say, but industry analyst Matt Powell believes it destroyed its supply of Air Zoom Vick Vs.

From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2023

We take the fraction of stars that have planets, fp, as roughly equal to Vs.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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