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# verst

noun (versts)

«verst» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A verst is an old Russian measure of distance, a little more than a kilometre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verst/#m1)

### In the lessons

in Russian stories, a unit for how far people walk or travel along a road

### Examples

- They walked and walked for several versts, then they grew tired. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verst/#x1)
- They built a bridge five versts long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verst/#x2)

### Note

a unit of length, not a count of things; if a problem gives versts, treat it as a measure of distance (about 1 km each)

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «verst» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verst/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«verst» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/verst.html) on Mova free.