Versus

Definition

versus / 'vɜ:sǝs / prep ( abbrs v, vs ) ( esp sport or law ) (ယွဥ္ၿပိဳင္ဘက္၊ ဆန္႔က်င္ဘက္အျဖစ္ ျပသည့္စကား)။ … ႏွင့္…(ပြဲ) (သို႔) (တရားလို)ႏွင့္ (တရားခံ၊ တရားၿပိဳင္)။ 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.

Examples

1. ‘During Euro 2000
2. I went to watch Spain versus Slovenia with Bobby and a friend of his.’
3. ‘The Yankee pen has been shaky all year and needed El Duque to get a big out versus Oakland.’
4. ‘No single sporting event carries quite the emotional freight of England versus Germany at football.’
5. ‘Nairn County versus Rothes was postponed because of a waterlogged park.’
6. ‘The pairings were Embassy against Wilson Panthers and Cinzano versus Granwood.’
7. ‘The National team is currently embroiled in an exhibition tour in B.C. versus Japan.’
8. ‘St Joseph's will now meet the winners of the Ballyvarley versus First Dromara match.’
9. ‘Kingussie now meet the winners of the Lochcarron versus Skye tie which was one of the day's casualties.’
10. ‘It was another striker versus goalkeeper confrontation which ought to have gone to the man in possession.’
11. ‘Liverpool versus Manchester United games are always big matches
12. for the players and the fans.’
13. ‘We leafleted the Oldham versus Bury local derby football game and got a great response.’
14. ‘It is like India versus Australia in cricket or whatever
15. the one we want to get excited about.’
16. ‘Red Kitching thinks that the Liverpool versus Newcastle United tie could end a managerial career.’
17. ‘The North Bank versus South Bank contest became the highlight of the local sporting calendar.’
18. ‘Last weekend it had the game of the season so far - Manchester United versus Chelsea at Old Trafford.’
19. ‘This lays the basis for endless debates about the risks of heroin versus ecstasy
20. or cannabis versus steroids.’
21. ‘As always happens in such situations
22. the end result is likely to be a bitter club versus country war of words.’
23. ‘More detailed studies are needed on the costs of rural versus urban car usage.’
24. ‘The matter of UK versus US English continues to provoke erudite and informed opinion.’
25. ‘This was a contest of youthful enthusiasm and fitness of the visitors versus the experience and guile of the home side.’