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Definition: VERSUS |
VERSUSPreposition1. Against; as, John Doe versus Richard Roe; -- chiefly used in legal language, and abbreviated to v. or vs. |
Date "VERSUS" was first used: 1447. (references) |
Etymology: Versus \Ver"sus\, preposition. [Latin expression, toward, turned in the direction of, from vertere, versum, to turn. See Verse.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | As a function of, as temperature versus time. (references) |
Sports & Leisure | Against. The champion versus the challenger. Source: European Union. (references) |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Direction | Adverb: towards; on the road, on the high road to; en avant; versus, to; hither, thither, whither; directly; straight as an arrow, forwards as an arrow; point blank; in a bee line to, in a direct line to, as the crow flies, in a straight line to, in a bee line for, in a direct line for, in a straight line for, in a bee line with, in a direct line with, in a straight line with; in a line with; full tilt at, as the crow flies. |
Opposition | Adverb: against, versus, counter to, in conflict with, at cross purposes. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: VERSUS |
| English words defined with "VERSUS": record ♦ won-lost record. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "VERSUS": anomalous dispersion ♦ bimodal distribution, Blood Gas Monitoring, Transcutaneous, burnout ♦ Coefficient of Performance, correction of an acoustical measurement system, Cost/benefit analysis ♦ departure from nucleate boiling, diagonal resolution, drift curve ♦ external memory ♦ Food Packaging ♦ Internal-External Control ♦ Membrane Potentials, mine-ventilation fan characteristics ♦ Ousterhout's dichotomy ♦ pit limit, Platon, Power Curve ♦ rapidity of fading, rate of fading, run time ♦ Somatic Dialogue, speed of fading, Starting Torque, Stoplogs, SUPERVISOR, TRAIN OPERATIONS ♦ transition heat flux ♦ vs ♦ Zero tolerance. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "VERSUS": Versor. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "VERSUS" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Czech (versus), Dutch (across from, against, in exchange for, opposed to, opposite, upon), Latin (alter, bench, change, destroy, facing towards, furrow, ground traversed before turn, in the direction of, line, line of writing, overthrow, row, skim, string, sweep, sweep along, sweep clean, sweep together, toward, turn, turn around, turned toward or against, usually with name of town, verse, versus), Spanish (versus), Swedish (versus). |
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Screenplays | I calculated the odds of this succeeding versus doing something very stupid, and I decided to go ahead anyway (Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie; writing credit: Trace Beaulieu, Paul Chaplin, Bridget Jones, Jim Mallon, Kevin Murphy, Michael J. Nelson, Mary Jo Pehl) Well, I say that's fine with me! Let's give 'em Angle versus Lesnarbut not tonight (Raw Is War; writing credit: Brian Gewirtz; Paul Heyman) It is a battle of Good versus Evil (G vs E; writing credit: David Burris; Janice Engel) Fact is, the whole good versus evil, balancing the scale, I'm over it. I'm done with the moral coil, but believe me, I'm going for a big finish (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) This isn't the Republicans versus the Democrats, where we're in a hole economically or or we're in another war. This is more crucial than that (Dawn of the Dead; writing credit: George A. Romero) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Marco Polo Junior Versus the Red Dragon (1972) Shirley Thompson Versus the Aliens (1972) Gorgo Versus Godzilla (1969) Mission Impossible Versus the Mob (1968) Wind Versus Polygamy (1968) | |
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 | A 10 year-old white girl is pictured here with her father in a swimming pool. She was diagnosed at age three with a form of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) that did not respond to therapy. She is presently in long-term remission after an experimental bone marrow transplant was performed. She now suffers from chronic GVH (Graft Versus Host Disease) which is rare. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | Tidal stream at low tide showing parallel ripple pattern in deeper areas versus hummocky pattern in shallower areas. Parallel ripples form perpendicular to tidal flow. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Figure 67. The bathythermograph first conceived by Athelstan Spilhaus in 1936 and produced in 1937. This instrument measured a continuous profile of sea- temperature versus depth. It was the prototype of many types of instruments used either for studies of physical oceanography or for use by the undersea warfare community. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 67 (cont.) The recording of temperature versus pressure on the bathythermograph was done by etching a trace on smoked glass for reading upon recovery of the instrument at the observing vessel. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
 | Graphic showing difference of coverage of inclined orbit satellite versus polar orbit satellite. Credit: NOAA in Space. |  | Three soil profiles show the differences in slightly eroded versus severely eroded soils in central Iowa. Dark colored, highly productive soil on the left. Credit: Lynn Betts. |
 | The great November contest. Patriotism: versus Bummerism. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Political Jesuitism--or interest versus principle. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Free enterprise versus National Farmers Union. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | School officials versus teacher. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Versus" by Steve Commentary: "Me and me in a mirror." | "Rangers v Man U" by Graham Dick Commentary: "Rangers versus Man Utd at Ibrox, Wednesday 22nd October." |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Unilaterality versus bilaterality. (references) | |
Benefits versus risks of medical therapy for acromegaly. (references) | ||
Carbohydrates — A type of food, usually from plants versus animals. (references) | ||
Business | Swiss tend to prefer paying a somewhat higher price versus very cheap, polluting energy. (references) | |
The following example shows the difference in import costs for a NAFTA firm versus a non-NAFTA company. (references) | ||
The example also shows the effect of the 15 percent VAT on the final import price versus a non-NAFTA manufacturer's price. (references) | ||
Children | Laos | There is significant difference in the treatment of boys and girls in the educational system: Female literacy is 48 percent versus 70 percent for males. (references) |
Economic History | Sweden | This can be seen in the long-term interest rate margin versus the Euro, which is negligible. (references) |
Cote D'ivoire | Increasingly, young Ivoirians are now considering a U.S. university education versus a European one. (references) | |
Human Rights | Turkey | The Government argues that this demonstrates the lack of real human rights concerns versus those that are politicized by NGO's. (references) |
Political Economy | ITALY | Producer prices also accelerated from minus 0.3 percent in 1999 to 6.0 percent in 2000, because of higher prices for petroleum and other raw materials and of the strengthening of the dollar versus the euro. (references) |
COLOMBIA | Colombia also assesses a discriminatory VAT of 35 percent on whiskey aged for less than 12 years, which is more characteristic of U.S. whiskey, versus a rate of 20 percent for whiskey aged for 12 or more years, most of which comes from Europe. (references) | |
Trade | Turkey | Financial leasing used to account for only 1 to 2 percent of capital expenditures in Turkey versus 20 percent in developed countries. (references) |
Ukraine | Such bonded warehouses can be either state customs points or privately-owned warehouses for the use of one or multiple clients (open versus closed warehouses). (references) | |
Egypt | Egypt liberalized foreign exchange rates in 1991. The Egyptian pound exchange rate versus U.S. dollar remained at roughly LE 3.4 per 1 USD from1991 until mid-2000. (references) | |
Travel | Korea | Any comparative mention of Japan versus Korea, where Japan has the upper edge may harm a business deal. (references) |
Vietnam | Seating for a meeting is generally 'us versus them' across a conference table with the principal interlocutors in the center and directly across from each other. (references) | |
Cote D'ivoire | Medium tension rates vary from 3.5 cents to 8 cents (off-peak versus peak hours) and high voltage users pay between 1.4 and 2.5 cents per kWh plus USD 6 per month per kW of installed capacity. (references) | |
Women | Belarus | At a roundtable in April 2000 on "The Problem of the Trade in Women in Belarus," it was reported that the average length of unemployment for women was more than 18 months, versus 5 months for men. (references) |
Worker Rights | Spain | In December 2000, the Government amended the immigration law to increase sanctions on employers who hire illegal aliens and to draw a sharper distinction between the rights afforded to legal versus illegal immigrants. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | The space program is overwhelmingly successful, considering the number of missions versus the number of deaths. |
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| "VERSUS" is generally used as a preposition (except "of") -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "VERSUS" is used about 983 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Preposition (except "of") | 100% | 983 | 7,453 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Versus Technology Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "VERSUS": cambridge versus oxford ♦ layout versus schematic ♦ versus cash. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "VERSUS": versus-evil. | |
Ending with "VERSUS": graft-versus, lethal-versus, pre-versus. | |
Containing "VERSUS": acutegraft-versus-host, appearance-versus-reality, bits-versus-chunks, boxer-versus-puncher, content-versus-form, gang-versus-gang, gas-versus-coal, graft-versus-host, graft-versus-host disease, graft-versus-tumor, implicit-versus-explicit, left-versus-right, nature-versus-culture, newcomers-versus-locals, region-versus-district, science-versus-faith. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "VERSUS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | përballë (before, in front of, in the face of, opposite, vis-à-vis), kundër (across from, against, con, contra, counter, in exchange for, opposed to, opposite, upon). (various references) | |
Arabic | مقابل (consideration, counter attack, facing, obverse, opposite, return, vis a vis), ضد (against, anti, con-, contra, converse, counter, inverse, opposite, with), إزاء (in the face of). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | срещу (against, at, contra, for, in return for, on, opposite, up, vis-а-vis, with), в сравнение с (against, as opposed to, beside, to, vis-а-vis), в контраст с, в противовес на (as opposed to), против (against, agin, athwart, aversely, contra, on, with). (various references) | |
Chinese | 对 (Pair, To, To-, VS). (various references) | |
Czech | versus, proti (against, contra, contrary, over, to, vs), kontra. (various references) | |
Danish | versus. (various references) | |
Dutch | versus (across from, against, in exchange for, opposed to, opposite, upon). (various references) | |
Farsi | درمقابل (Against), دربرابر (Against, For, To), برضد (Against, Athwart). (various references) | |
Finnish | versus, verrattuna, vastaan (across from, against, in exchange for, opposed to, opposite, towards, upon). (various references) | |
French | contre. (various references) | |
German | Rückseite einer Münze. (various references) | |
Greek | κατά (against, at, on, per), έναντι (against, on the other side, opposite), εναντίον (against). (various references) | |
Hebrew | בהשואה (comparing), נגד (against, before, contrary to, dragger, in front of, opposite, resistor, upon). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ellen (across from, against, con-, contra, in exchange for, opposed to, opposite, to bring an action against sy, to utter a libel against sy, upon). (various references) | |
Indonesian | menantang (against, brave, defy), lawan (converse, opponent, opposite). (various references) | |
Italian | versus, contro (across, across from, against, at, con, counter, in exchange for, opposed, opposed to, opposite, upon). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 対 (against, couple, opposition, pair, ratio, set). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たい (against, another intention, band, be crowned with, body, company, complying with, corps, double-mindedness, fickleness, form, ill will, image counter, keeping in mind, malice, obedience, object, opposition, party, ratio, reality, receive, schnapper, sea bream, secret purpose, snapper, style, substance, the body, ulterior motive). (various references) | |
Korean | 대 (leap, SKIP, Skipping, stand, stands, VS). (various references) | |
Manx | noi (against, averse, counter, cross, cross opposed, repugnant). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ersusvay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | contra (across from, against, agin, con, contra, in exchange for, opposed to, opposite, to, upon). (various references) | |
Romanian | contra (across from, against, con, contra, counter, for, in exchange for, opposed to, opposite, upon). (various references) | |
Russian | против (across from, against, agin, athwart, contra, opposed to, opposite, over against, upon, vs). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | protiv (against, con, contra, counter, with), naspram (opposite, opposition: in opposition to, vis-ŕ-vis). (various references) | |
Spanish | versus, frente contra, frente a (across from, facing, opposite), contra (across from, against, agin, athwart, contra, double, in exchange for, opposed to, opposite, to, trouble, upon). (various references) | |
Swedish | mot (across from, against, at, contra, for, in exchange for, on, opposed to, opposite, to, towards, unto, upon, vs, with). (various references) | |
Turkish | karşı (against, anti-, athwart, before, con, con-, contra, contrary, counter, discordant, facing, for, gainst, opponent, opposed, opposing, opposite, repugnant, to, toward, towards), aleyhinde (con-, gainst, opposite). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | проти (against, athwart, contrary to, counter, opposite, up), порівняно з (beside, compared with, than, vis-а-vis). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | versus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Mark Chapter 3, Verse 21 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai akousanteV oi par autou exhlqon krathsai auton elegon gar oti exesth |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et cum audissent sui exierunt tenere eum dicebant enim quoniam in furorem versus est |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | & þa hyo hine ge-hyrden hyo ferdenþæt hyo hine namen & þus cwæðen. Soðlicehe is on hatheortnysse ge-wend. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And whanne his kynnysmen hadden herd, thei wenten out `to holde him; for thei seiden, that he is turned in to woodnesse. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And when they that longed vnto him hearde of it they went out to holde him. For they thought he had bene beside him selfe. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And when his friends had news of it, they went out to get him, saying, He is off his head. |
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| Language | Mark Chapter 3, Verse 21 |
| Cebuano | Ig sa pagkadungog niini sa iyang mga higala, miadto sila aron sa pagkuha kaniya, kay matud pa nila, "Kini siya naboang." |
| Croatian | Èuvši to, doðoše njegovi da ga obuzdaju jer se govorilo: "Izvan sebe je!" |
| Danish | Og da hans nærmeste hørte det, gik de ud for at drage ham til sig thi de sagde: "Han er ude af sig selv." |
| Dutch | En als degenen, die Hem bestonden, dit hoorden, gingen zij uit, om Hem vast te houden; want zij zeiden: Hij is buiten Zijn zinnen. |
| Finnish | Kun hänen omaisensa sen kuulivat, menivät he ottamaan häntä huostaansa; sillä he sanoivat: "Hän on poissa suunniltaan". |
| French | Les parents de Jésus, ayant appris ce qui se passait, vinrent pour se saisir de lui; car ils disaient: Il est hors de sens. |
| Gaelic | S nuair a chuala a chairdean so, chaidh iad a bhreith air; oir thuirt iad: Gun do ghabh e an caothach. |
| German | Und da es die Seinen hörten, gingen sie aus und wollten ihn halten; denn sie sprachen: Er ist von Sinnen. |
| Haitian Creole | Lè fanmi Jezi yo tande sa, yo soti pou yo vin chache l' paske tout moun t'ap di: -Nonm sa a fou. |
| Hungarian | A mint az övéi ezt meghallák, eljövének, hogy megfogják õt; mert azt mondják vala, hogy magán kívül van. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Orang-orang berkata, "Dia sudah gila!" Dan ketika keluarga-Nya mendengar hal itu, mereka pergi untuk mengambil Dia. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Setelah kedengaran kabar itu kepada kaum keluarga Yesus, keluarlah mereka itu hendak menegahkan Dia, karena kata orang, "Ia gila." |
| Italian | Allora i suoi, sentito questo, uscirono per andare a prenderlo; poiché dicevano: «E' fuori di sé». |
| Maori | A, no ka rongo ona hoa, ka haere ki te pupuri i a ia: i mea hoki, He porewarewa ia. |
| Norwegian | Og da hans nærmeste fikk høre om det, gikk de hjemmefra for å få fatt på ham; for de sa: Han er fra sig selv. |
| Portuguese | Quando os seus ouviram isso, saíram para o prender; porque diziam: Ele está fora de si. |
| Rumanian | Rudele lui Isus, cknd au auzit cele ce se petreceau, au venit sq punq mkna pe El. Cqci ziceau: ,,Wi -a iewit din minyi.`` |
| Shuar | Jesusa Shuárisha nuna nekaawar Jesus ti itiurchat pujus Wáurtsuash tu Enentáimsar jukitiai tusar nu jeanam jeariarmiayi. |
| Spanish | Cuando los suyos lo oyeron, fueron para prenderle, porque decían que estaba fuera de sí. |
| Swahili | Basi, watu wa jamaa yake walipopata habari hiyo wakatoka kwenda kumchukua maana walikuwa wanasema kwamba amepatwa na wazimu. |
| Swedish | Då nu hans närmaste fingo höra härom, gingo de åstad för att taga vara på honom; ty de menade att han var från sina sinnen. |
| Uma | Toe pai' ria tauna to mpo'uli': "Wuli-imile!" Kara'epe-na ompi' -na Yesus tohe'e, hilou-ramo ke mpo'ala' -i. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words containing "VERSUS": oversuspicious. (additional references) | |
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"VERSUS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: berossus, vassus, verjus, versis, versts, Versuch, versum, vertus, verus, visus. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "VERSUS" (pronounced ver"sus or ver"suz) |
| 3 | -s u s | acidosis, amniocentesis, analysis, antithesis, apotheosis, archdiocese, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, axis, catharsis, census, cirrhosis, colossus, consensus, crisis, diagnosis, dialysis, diocese, electrolysis, fibrosis, Genesis, geotaxis, glacis, heterosis, homeostasis, hydrolysis, hypnosis, hypothesis, meiosis, metamorphosis, misdiagnosis, morphogenesis, Narcissus, necrosis, nemesis, nephrosis, neurofibromatosis, neurosis, nexus, organogenesis, photosynthesis, phototaxis, plexus, preadolescence, proboscis, prognosis, prosthesis, psoriasis, psychoanalysis, psychokinesis, psychosis, rhesus, sclerosis, symbiosis, synopsis, synthesis, Tarsus, telexes, Texas, thesis, thrombosis, tuberculosis, urinalysis. |
| 5 | v er" s u z | reverses, verses. |
| 4 | -er" s u z | curses, intersperses, nurses, perses, purses, rehearses, reimburses. |
| 3 | -s u z | absences, abuses, acceptances, accomplices, aces, acquaintances, actresses, addresses, advances, affixes, albatrosses, aliases, allegiances, alliances, allowances, amaryllises, ambulances, annexes, announces, annoyances, apparatuses, appearances, appendixes, appliances, apprentices, asses, assesses, assurances, atlases, audiences, auspices, axes, congresses, consciences, consequences, continuances, contrivances, conveniences, converses, convinces, corpses, countenances, balances, bases, basses, biases, Biosciences, blesses, blitzes, blouses, boardinghouses, bonuses, bookcases, bosses, bounces, bourses, boxes, braces, briefcases, buses, businesses, Busses, buttresses, bypasses, cabooses, cadences, campuses, canvases, canvasses, carcasses, Casas, cases, caucuses, cayuses, ceases, censuses, chances, chases, choices, choruses, circumstances, circuses, classes, clearances, clearinghouses, climaxes, clubhouses, coaxes, coffeehouses, coincidences, collapses, commences, complexes, compresses, concourses, condolences, conferences, confesses, confidences, courses, courthouses, creases, cresses, crevices, crocuses, crosses, crosspieces, crucifixes, dances, databases, decreases, defenses, denounces, depresses, devices, differences, disabuses, disallowances, disappearances, discourses, discusses, dismisses, dispenses, displaces, distances, distresses, disturbances, divergences, divorces, dollhouses, doses, dresses, earpieces, eclipses, embarrasses, embraces, eminences, encompasses, endorses, enforces, enhances, entrances, erases, esses, evidences, excesses, excuses, exes, expanses, expenses, experiences, expresses, eyeglasses, eyewitnesses, faces, farmhouses, faxes, fences, fetuses, finances, firehouses, fireplaces, fixes, flexes, flounces, focuses, forces, fortresses, foxes, fragrances, furnaces, fusses, gases, gasses, gearboxes, geniuses, glances, glasses, glimpses, glosses, goddesses, graces, grasses, greenhouses, grievances, grimaces, grosses, grouses, guesses, guesthouses, harnesses, headdresses, hindrances, hippopotamuses, hisses, hoaxes, horses, hospices, hostesses, houses, hyraxes, ices, illnesses, imbalances, impresses, impulses, incidences, inconveniences, increases, indexes, induces, indulgences, inferences, influences, injustices, instances, insurances, interfaces, introduces, invoices, irises, issuances, juices, jukeboxes, justices, kisses, laces, lapses, latexes, leases, licences, licenses, lighthouses, likenesses, looses, losses, lynxes, mailboxes, marketplaces, masses, masterpieces, mattresses, medusas, messes, minibuses, minuses, misses, missus, mistresses, mixes, molasses, mongooses, morasses, mosses, mouthpieces, necklaces, nieces, nixes, notices, novices, nuances, observances, occurrences, offenses, offices, omnibuses, ordinances, orifices, ounces, outhouses, outpaces, overdoses, overpasses, paces, palaces, paradoxes, passes, penises, performances, perplexes, pieces, pizzas, places, pluses, polices, porpoises, possesses, poultices, powerhouses, practices, prances, preferences, prejudices, premises, presences, presses, pretenses, prices, princes, princesses, processes, produces, professes, progresses, prominences, promises, pronounces, prospectuses, protuberances, provinces, pulses, purchases, purposes, pusses, racehorses, races, reassurances, recesses, reduces, references, refinances, reflexes, refocuses, reinforces, reintroduces, relapses, relaxes, releases, remembrances, reminiscences, reminisces, remittances, renounces, replaces, reproduces, repurchases, resemblances, residences, resources, responses, retroviruses, romances, sacrifices, sauces, sciences, sconces, seamstresses, senses, sentences, sequences, services, sexes, shoelaces, showcases, silences, sinuses, sixes, skyboxes, slaughterhouses, slices, solstices, sources, spaces, spices, splices, spouses, staircases, stances, statehouses, steakhouses, stewardesses, stresses, substances, successes, suffices, suitcases, sunglasses, suppresses, surfaces, surpasses, surpluses, surtaxes, taxes, terraces, tolerances, tortoises, tosses, townhouses, traces, treatises, tresses, trusses, typefaces, universes, uses, utterances, variances, vases, vices, viruses, voices, waitresses, walruses, waltzes, waxes, weaknesses, witnesses, workhorses, workplaces, xeroxes, yeses. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-r-s-s-u-v" | |
-1 letter: ruses, suers, users. | |
-2 letters: revs, rues, ruse, sers, suer, sues, sure, user, uses. | |
-3 letters: ers, ess, res, rev, rue, ser, sue, use. | |
-4 letters: er, es, re, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-r-s-s-u-v" | |
+1 letter: surveys, varuses, viruses. | |
+2 letters: cursives, oversuds, oversups, overuses, revuists, scurvies, sevrugas, stuivers, subserve, subverts, surveils, survives, vestures. | |
+3 letters: ourselves, outserves, overfussy, overissue, oversouls, pushovers, resurveys, savourers, savouries, scurviest, souvenirs, subserved, subserves, supervise, surveyors, survivers, universes. | |
+4 letters: discursive, dustcovers, intrusives, overissued, overissues, overpluses, oversauces, overstuffs, oversudsed, oversudses, percussive, persuasive, poxviruses, proviruses, pulverises, reoviruses, revulsions, savouriest, scurviness, servitudes, subserving, subversion, subversive, subverters, supernovas, supervenes, supervised, supervises, supervisor, superwaves, superwives, surveyings, universals, unreserves, virtueless, vitreouses, voyeurisms, vulgarises, yourselves. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Images: Digital Art 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Quotations: Spoken 10. Usage Frequency 11. Names: Company Usage 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Translations: Ancient 16. Bible Trace | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Bibliography |
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