Crossword clues for versant
versant
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Versant \Ver"sant\, a. [L. versans, p. pr. versare to turn abound frequently, to turn over in the mind, to meditate. See Versatile.] Familiar; conversant. [R.]
Men not versant with courts of justice.
--Sydney
Smith.
Versant \Ver"sant\, n. [F.] The slope of a side of a mountain chain; hence, the general slope of a country; aspect.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s, "busy" (with something), from Latin versantem (nominative versans), present participle of versare (see versus). Meaning "familiar, acquainted" is from 1787.
Wiktionary
a. 1 (context archaic English) experienced, practiced 2 conversant n. 1 a slope of a mountain or mountain ridge 2 the overall slope of a region
WordNet
n. the side or slope of a mountain; "conifer forests cover the eastern versant" [syn: mountainside]
Wikipedia
The Versant suite of tests are computerized tests of spoken language available from Pearson PLC. Versant tests were the first fully automated tests of spoken language to use advanced speech processing technology (including speech recognition) to assess the spoken language skills of non-native speakers. The Versant language suite includes tests of English, Spanish, Dutch, French, Arabic, and Mandarin. Versant technology has also been applied to the assessment of Aviation English, children’s oral reading assessment, and adult literacy assessment.
Versant is a Swedish and American band from Vänersborg, Sweden and Newbury Park, California that formed in the summer of 2008. Versant features vocalist Carah Faye Charnow, of the band Shiny Toy Guns, guitarist/keyboardist Daniel Johansson, drummer Richard Ankers, formerly of the band Melody Club, Johan Grettve, and bassist Nicholas Oja. Recently, Versant has announced their relocation from Sweden to California to work on an album.
Versant are tests.
Versant may also refer to:
- Versant Corporation, software company
- Versant (band)
Usage examples of "versant".
I expected a corresponding formation upon the opposite eastern versant: we found only a huge crest, a spine of black plutonic rock, intensely ugly and repulsive.
Emerging from a belt of oaks they saw the great sheared-off cone rising ahead of them: the caldera of Huntingtowers, its lower versants leprous with stunted vegetation, pimpled with the low mounds of old, forsaken diggings.