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►ver • i • fi • ca • tion / |versfs 'kei/n / noun [noncount ]

verse / vsrs / noun

[ noncount ] ( ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ) words arranged in lines with a definite beat, often with sounds repeated at the ends of lines

The play is written in verse .

—SYNONYM poetry

[ count ] ( MUSIC , ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ) a group of lines in a song or poem

This song has five verses.

ver • sionAWL| / ' vsr3n / noun [ count ]

a form of something that is different in some way the latest version of the software

what one person says or writes about something that happened

His version of the accident is different from mine. ver • sus / ' vsrsss / preposition

( abbreviation vs. or v. ) ( SPORTS ) on the other side in a sport

There's a good baseball game on TV tonight — the Dodgers versus the Giants.

—SYNONYM against

ver • te • bra / ' vsrtsbrs / noun [ count ]

( plural ver - te - brae / ' vsrtsbrei / )

( BIOLOGY ) any of the small bones that are connected together to form the line of bones down the middle of your back

ver • te • brate / ' vsrtsbrst / noun [ count ]

( BIOLOGY ) any animal, bird, or fish that has a line of bones down the middle of its back (called a backbone )

—ANTONYM invertebrate

ver • ti • cal / ' vsrtikl / adjective

going straight up or down at an angle of 90° from the ground a vertical line

— Look at horizontal . , —Look at the picture at line . ►ver • ti • cal • ly / ' vsrtikli / adverb

ver .у 1 О / 'veri/ adverb

You use "very" before another word to make it stronger

Very few people know that.

She speaks very quietly.

I like chocolate very much .

I'm not very hungry.

ver • y 2 / ' veri / adjective

exact; same

You are the very person I wanted to see! We climbed to the very top of the mountain.

vest / vest / noun [ count ]

a piece of clothing like a jacket with no sleeves

a special piece of clothing that covers the top part of the body a bulletproof vest

vet / vet / noun [ count ] ( informal )

short for veteran a Vietnam vet

short for veterinarian

vet • er • an / ' vetsrsn / noun [ count ] ( also informal vet )

a person who has been in the army, navy, or air force during a war

a veteran of the Gulf War

vet • er • i • nar • i • an / |vetsrs ' nerisn /

( also informal vet ) noun [ count ]

a doctor for animals

►vet • er • i • nar • y / ' vetsrs|neri / adjective

a veterinary surgeon

ve • to / vitou / verb (ve- toes, ve to - ing, ve- toed) ( POLITICS ) to refuse to give official permission for an action or plan, when other people have agreed to it The governor vetoed the proposal to reduce taxes.

vi • a AWL / ' vis ; ' vais / preposition

going through a place

We flew from New York to Los Angeles via Chicago.

using something

These pictures come to you via satellite.

vi • brate / vaibreit / verb ( vi brates , vi - brat - ing , vi - brat - ed )

to move very quickly from side to side or up and down The house vibrates every time a train goes past.

►vi • bra • tion / vaibreijn / noun [ count, noncount ]

You can feel the vibrations from the engine when you're in the car.

vice / vais / noun

[ noncount ] criminal activities involving sex or drugs detectives from the vice squad

[ count ] a moral weakness or bad habit His only vice was the occasional glass of wine.

vice pres • i • dent / ,vais ' prezadant / [count]

( POLITICS ) the person below the president of a country in importance, who can control the country if the president cannot

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