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verst

/vɜːst/US/vɝst/

verst noun: a Russian unit of length, equivalent to about 1.07 kilometres or about ²⁄₃ of a mile.

Noun

verst (plural versts)

  1. A Russian unit of length, equivalent to about 1.07 kilometres or about ²⁄₃ of a mile.
    • |The hill Pulkowa, twelve miles (seventeen wersts) south of Admiralty Palace in St. Petersburg, […]1849, "The Observatory at Pulkowa" The North American Review Volume 0069 Issue 144 (July 1849)
    • Her particular part of the country was a few hundred versts the other side of Tamboff, with some fifteen miles of agrarian disturbance between her and the nearest neighbour.1910, Saki [pseudonym; Hector Hugh Munro], “Reginald in Russia”, in Reginald in Russia and Other Sketches, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 6

verst meaning in Persian

verst in Persian

unit of length
ورست verst

Examples of verst in a sentence

  • ‘Is it much further, Michael?’ she asked the clerk, to dispel the thoughts that frightened her. ‘They say it's seven versts from this village.’1918, Aylmer and Louise Maude, translated by Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, Oxford, published 1998, page 604:
  • You have to tramp three or four versts to get to the exhibition of war loot, past Fabergé eggs and the Impressionists.1988, Anthony Burgess, Any Old Iron:

Forms of verst

pluralversts
alternative formversta
alternative formverste
alternative formwerst

Origin of verst

Borrowed from Russian верста́ (verstá), partly through German Werst and French verste.

Words that rhyme with verst

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Questions about verst

What does verst mean?
Verst means a Russian unit of length, equivalent to about 1.07 kilometres or about ²⁄₃ of a mile.
What is verst in Persian?
Verst in Persian is ورست (verst). See Verst meaning in Persian.
How do you use verst in a sentence?
‘Is it much further, Michael?’ she asked the clerk, to dispel the thoughts that frightened her. ‘They say it's seven versts from this village.’
What part of speech is verst?
Verst is a noun.
How do you pronounce verst?
Verst is pronounced /vɜːst/ (UK).
What is the plural of verst?
The plural of verst is versts.

Words near verst in the dictionary

  1. Versoix
  2. versor
  3. versors
  4. versos
  5. verspecies
  6. verst
  7. versta
  8. Verstappen
  9. verstas
  10. verste
  11. Versteeg

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