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Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • preposition. Against: the plaintiff versus the defendant; Army versus Navy.
  • preposition. As the alternative to or in contrast with: "freedom of information versus invasion of privacy” ( Ian Hamilton).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • conjunction. Used to link two or more opposing or contrasting elements.
  • preposition. against, in opposition to.
  • preposition. compared with, as opposed to.
  • preposition. Bringing a legal action against, as used in the title of a court case in which the first party indicates the plaintiff (or appellant or the like), and the second indicates the defendant (or respondent or the like).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • preposition. Against; ; -- chiefly used in legal language, and abbreviated to v. or vs.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Against: used chiefly in legal phraseology: as, John Doe versus Richard Roe. Abbreviated v., vs.
  • Word Usage
    ""When you're looking at a game, what's a word versus what's a sentence versus what's a chapter versus what's a whole book?" he asked rhetorically."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    against    v    v.    vs    vs.   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    converses    intersperses    nurses    reverses    ursus    verses    vs