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vs

vs is the alternative form of vs..

vs is the obsolete typography of us.

vs is the plural of v.

Meaning of us

Pronoun

us (personal pronoun; the objective case of we)

  1. (personal, pronoun) Me and at least one other person, excluding the person(s) being addressed. (exclusive us.)
    • Don't treat us like idiots.
  2. (personal, pronoun) Me and at least one other person, including the person(s) being addressed. (inclusive us.)
    • Let's ask him if he'll give us a lift.
  3. (personal, pronoun) We, used in the same circumstances where “me” would be used instead of “I”, e.g. for the pronoun in isolation or as the complement of the copula
    • Who's there? — Us. (or) — It's us.
  4. (personal, pronoun) Any entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc.
    • It's not true that the rest of Europe hates us.
  5. (personal, pronoun) People in general.
    • Grief ages us.
  6. (colloquial, personal, pronoun) The person(s) being addressed.
    • Come on! Wakey wakey! Let's get us up and out of bed, please.

See all 13 meanings of us

Meaning of v

Noun

v (plural vs or v's)

  1. A shape resembling the letter.
    • The impact was so strong, it bent the bar into a v.

See all 10 meanings of v

Adjective capitalized: VS

VS (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of very special, or, very superior: a grade of premium cognac that has been aged in barrels for 2.5-4.5 years.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of very slightly (included): a degree of the inclusions in a diamond.

Preposition capitalized: VS

VS

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of vs..

Proper noun capitalized: VS

VS

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Visual Studio: an integrated development environment.

Noun (1) capitalized: Vs

Vs

  1. (plural) plural of V

Noun (2) capitalized: Vs

Vs (uncountable)

  1. Stall speed.
    1. (specifically) Stall speed in the clean configuration, with all flaps, slats, and droops retracted.

Forms of vs

alternative formV.S.
alternative formV.S
alternative formV. S.

Phrases with vs

Questions about vs

What does vs mean?
Vs means stall speed.
What is vs the alternative form of?
Vs is the alternative form of vs..
What part of speech is vs?
Vs can be an adjective, a preposition, a proper noun or a noun.

Words near vs in the dictionary

  1. Vrystaters
  2. Vrâncioaia
  3. Vršac
  4. Vršovice
  5. vr̥ddhi
  6. vs
  7. vs.
  8. Vs0
  9. VSAM
  10. VSAT
  11. VSATs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: vs (page history and authors); VS (page history and authors); Vs (page history and authors); us (page history and authors); v (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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