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evert
English
Etymology
From Late Latin ?vertere (“to turn (an item of clothing) inside out”), Latin ?vertere, present active infinitive of ?vert? (“to turn upside down; to overturn; to reverse”), from ?- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘out, away’)) + vert? (“to reverse; to revolve, turn; to turn around”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to rotate, turn”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??v??t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /i?v?t/, /?-/
Verb
evert (third-person singular simple present everts, present participle everting, simple past and past participle everted)
- (transitive, often biology, physiology) To turn inside out (like a pocket being emptied) or outwards.
- (transitive, obsolete) To move (someone or something) out of the way.
- (transitive, obsolete, also figuratively) To turn upside down; to overturn.
- (transitive, intransitive, obsolete, also figuratively) To disrupt; to overthrow.
Usage notes
Not to be confused with avert.
Conjugation
Related terms
- everse
- eversion
- everted (adjective)
Translations
References
Anagrams
- revet, terve
evert From the web:
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- what everton score
- what everton games are on tv
- what everton players are on international duty
- what's everton's next game
- what's everton score today
- what's everton's nickname
- what everton player are you
versus
English
Etymology
From Middle English versus, borrowed from Latin versus (“facing”), past participle of vertere (“to turn, change, overthrow, destroy”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?v??s?s/, /?v??s?z/
- (US) IPA(key): /?v?s?s/, /?v?s?z/, /?v?s/
- Rhymes: -??(r)s?s
- Homophone: verses
Preposition
versus
- Against; in opposition to.
- Synonyms: vs, vs., (abbreviations) v
- Compared with, as opposed to.
- 2005, Robert E. Weiss, Modeling Longitudinal Data, Springer, ?ISBN, page 104:
- If, for example, we select random people entering a workout gym, versus if we pick random people entering a hospital, we will get very different samples.
- 2005, Robert E. Weiss, Modeling Longitudinal Data, Springer, ?ISBN, page 104:
- (law) 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).
- Synonyms: v, (abbreviation) v.
Translations
Related terms
Further reading
- versus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Finnish
Etymology
Latin versus
Preposition
versus
- versus
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin versus. Doublet of verso, which is inherited.
Preposition
versus
- versus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?u?er.sus/, [?u??rs??s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ver.sus/, [?v?rsus]
Etymology 1
From earlier vorsus, from Proto-Italic *worssos, perfect passive participle of vert? (“to turn”).
Alternative forms
- vorsus
Participle
versus (feminine versa, neuter versum); first/second-declension participle
- turned, changed, having been turned
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
- annivers?rius
- contr?versus
- pr?rsus/ pr?sus
- ?niversus
Etymology 2
Adverbial use of versus (“turned”).
Alternative forms
- versum
- vorsum
- vorsus
Adverb
versus (not comparable)
- towards, turned to or in the direction of, facing
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 3
Action noun from vert? + -tus.
Alternative forms
- vorsus
Noun
versus m (genitive vers?s); fourth declension
- a furrow (turned earth)
- (transf.) a line, row
- (partic.) a line of writing, a verse
- (partic.) a line of writing, a verse
- a land measure (= ??????? (pléthron))
- (dance) a turn, step
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Derived terms
- versiculus
- versific?
Descendants
Etymology 4
Perfect passive participle of verr? (“to sweep”).
Participle
versus (feminine versa, neuter versum); first/second-declension participle
- swept
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- versus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- versus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- versus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- versus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
Anagrams
- servus
Polish
Etymology
From Latin versus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?v?r.sus/
Preposition
versus
- versus (in opposition to)
- Synonym: kontra
Further reading
- versus in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- versus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Preposition
versus
- Alternative spelling of vérsus
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English versus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?be?sus/, [?be?.sus]
Preposition
versus
- versus
Usage notes
This word is sometimes frowned upon as an anglicism, with the suggestion that contra or the conjunction y should be used instead.
Further reading
- “versus” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
References
versus From the web:
- what versus which
- what versus mean
- what versus why
- what versus which grammar girl
- what verzuz battle is tonight
- what verse is tonight
- what or who
- what verzuz battle had the most viewers
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