vice versa en · ADV
Pronunciation
- vī′sē vûr′sə
- /ˈvaɪsə-/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈvaɪsə-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- vīs′-
- /ˈvaɪsi ˈvɝsə/ (General-American)
- /ˈvaɪsɪ ˈvɜːsə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /vaɪs-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /vaɪs-/ (General-American)
- vī′sə-
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ablative absolute vice versā (“the position having been reversed”), from feminine third declension noun vicis (“arrangement, order, position”) + feminine ablative singular of perfect passive participle versus, from vertō (“to turn, to reverse”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable, qualifier:generally after and or or) The same but with the two items mentioned reversed.
Since there are two contestants left in the race, either Bob will come first place and Alice second place, or vice versa.
The most loved scholar of the university wrote a memorable diary to his students, and vice versa, the students wrote to him.
Stenfeldt’s research on Nils Flyg’s and Sven Olov Lindholm’s transition from far-left to the far-right and vice versa during the interwar years is a great example of how Freeden’s morphology of ideologies can be used to not only study ideologies of the far-right, but also to study how ideologies relate to each other and to conduct comparisons between them.
2021, Hugo Engholm, “The lack of looks: A study on the Incel ideology of Incelism during the 2010s–2020s and its relation to historical and contemporary ideologies particularly within far right milieus”, in University of Uppsala, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2022, page 29:I’m going to give her a diamond necklace for her birthday, and vice versa, she’s going to get me a Premium Pass for FIFA 24 for mine.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| vice-versa | alternative | lexicographic | |
| v.v. | Abbr=Yes | alternative | lexicographic |
| vice versâ | alternative | lexicographic | |
| vice-versâ | alternative | lexicographic | |
| vicey versey | alternative, pronunciation-spelling | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Hypernyms
Relateds
Synonyms
reverse · the other way round · vicey versey · conversely · inversely · vice versa · wrong side out
Translations (62)
be наадваро́т (the other way round) · nl omgekeerd (the other way round) · ja 反対に (the other way round) · fi toistepäin (the other way round) · fa برعکس (the other way round) · et ümberpöördult (the other way round) · eo inverse (the other way round) · ar الْعَكْس بِالْعَكْس (the other way round) · de andersrum (the other way round) · ja 逆に (the other way round) · et vastupidi (the other way round) · es viceversa (the other way round) · io permutite (the other way round) · ar الْعَكْس صَحِيح (the other way round) · mk обратно (the other way round) · ca viceversa (the other way round) · id juga sebaliknya (the other way round) · la vice versa (the other way round) · sv vice versa (the other way round) · ka პირიქით (the other way round) · ang þweorlīce (the other way round) · fi toisinpäin (the other way round) · eo la ordo kontraŭa (the other way round) · da omvendt (the other way round) · fa بالعکس (the other way round) · cmn 反之亦然 (the other way round) · ba киреһенсә (the other way round) · es contrariamente (the other way round) · de vice versa (the other way round) · sk naopak (the other way round) · fr vice versa (the other way round) · cs naopak (the other way round) · ur اس کے برعکس (the other way round) · ia vice versa (the other way round) · fr réciproquement (the other way round) · de und umgedreht (the other way round) · pl vice versa (the other way round) · fi päinvastoin (the other way round) · ro vice versa (the other way round) · hu fordítva (the other way round) · pl odwrotnie (the other way round) · bg обра́тно (the other way round) · gl viceversa (the other way round) · de andersherum (the other way round) · de umgekehrt (the other way round) · da vice versa (the other way round) · nl vice versa (the other way round) · ta நேர்மாறாக (the other way round) · az əksinə (the other way round) · fa برخلاف (the other way round) · ur اس کے برخلاف (the other way round) · de und umgekehrt (the other way round) · uk навпаки́ (the other way round) · pl na odwrót (the other way round) · pt vice-versa (the other way round) · ms sebaliknya (the other way round) · hi विलोमतः (the other way round) · tr tam tersi (the other way round) · it viceversa (the other way round) · ru наоборо́т (the other way round) · pt vice versa (the other way round) · vi ngược lại (the other way round)