vs
/ˈvəːsəs/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈvəːsəs/
vs
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- 2 syllables
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- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
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US voice -> vs
Myanmar meaning
(abbr) ယှဉ်ပြိုင်ဘက်၊ ဆန့်ကျင်ဘက်အဖြစ်ပြသည့်စကား (မောင်မြ vs မောင်လှ)
Full entry
versus / 'vɜ:sǝs / prep (abbrs v, vs ) (esp sport or law )
(ယှဉ်ပြိုင်ဘက်၊ ဆန့်ကျင်ဘက်အဖြစ် ပြသည့်စကား)။ … နှင့်…(ပွဲ) (သို့) (တရားလို)နှင့် (တရားခံ၊ တရားပြိုင်)။ Kent versus Surrey (eg in cricket) ❍ Rex versus Crippen ❍ the advantage of better job opportunities versus the inconvenience of moving house and leaving one's friends.
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- ‘During Euro 2000, I went to watch Spain versus Slovenia with Bobby and a friend of his.’
- ‘The Yankee pen has been shaky all year and needed El Duque to get a big out versus Oakland.’
- ‘No single sporting event carries quite the emotional freight of England versus Germany at football.’
- ‘Nairn County versus Rothes was postponed because of a waterlogged park.’
- ‘The pairings were Embassy against Wilson Panthers and Cinzano versus Granwood.’
- ‘The National team is currently embroiled in an exhibition tour in B.C. versus Japan.’
- ‘St Joseph's will now meet the winners of the Ballyvarley versus First Dromara match.’
- ‘Kingussie now meet the winners of the Lochcarron versus Skye tie which was one of the day's casualties.’
- ‘It was another striker versus goalkeeper confrontation which ought to have gone to the man in possession.’
- ‘Liverpool versus Manchester United games are always big matches, for the players and the fans.’
- ‘We leafleted the Oldham versus Bury local derby football game and got a great response.’
- ‘It is like India versus Australia in cricket or whatever, the one we want to get excited about.’
- ‘Red Kitching thinks that the Liverpool versus Newcastle United tie could end a managerial career.’
- ‘The North Bank versus South Bank contest became the highlight of the local sporting calendar.’
- ‘Last weekend it had the game of the season so far - Manchester United versus Chelsea at Old Trafford.’
- ‘This lays the basis for endless debates about the risks of heroin versus ecstasy, or cannabis versus steroids.’
- ‘As always happens in such situations, the end result is likely to be a bitter club versus country war of words.’
- ‘More detailed studies are needed on the costs of rural versus urban car usage.’
- ‘The matter of UK versus US English continues to provoke erudite and informed opinion.’
- ‘This was a contest of youthful enthusiasm and fitness of the visitors versus the experience and guile of the home side.’
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