vice versa

adverb

: with the order changed : with the relations reversed : conversely

Examples of vice versa in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Friends would take me with their families or vice versa. David Wysong, The Enquirer, 19 Apr. 2024 However, Rodgers said no studies to date have analyzed how this withdrawal interferes with pregnancy symptoms, and vice versa. Katie Camero, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2024 Instead of being absences of light, the shadows are positives: The lights are angled so that as one mobile shines red, its corresponding shadow speaks in blue, and vice versa. Walker Mimms, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024 Grid-forming converters for HVDC, which convert high-voltage direct current to alternating current and vice versa, are also commercially available, from companies including Hitachi, Siemens, and GE Vernova. Benjamin Kroposki, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Apr. 2024 While there are certainly exceptions, most presentations don’t merit a meeting, and vice versa. Lisa Conn, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024 Key dates for the rest of the legislative session March 27 & 28: Deadline for concurrence, when House bills must get the agreement of the Senate and vice versa in order to pass March 29 - April 9: Veto period. Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 26 Mar. 2024 Not every good film is necessarily a good time, and vice versa. Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 Mar. 2024 With the nation’s largest wireless network, and a fast-growing fiber network, there are opportunities to upsell fiber to wireless customers—both residential and business customers—and vice versa, which is why the company has invested some $145 billion in those networks over the last five years. Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

Latin

First Known Use

1601, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of vice versa was in 1601

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Cite this Entry

“Vice versa.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vice%20versa. Accessed 30 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

vice versa

adverb
vi·​ce ver·​sa
ˌvī-si-ˈvər-sə,
(ˈ)vīs-ˈvər-
: with the order turned around
exchange money for tokens, rather than vice versa
Etymology

from Latin vice versa "with the order turned around," from vice "in place of, instead" and versa, form of versus "turned," from vertere "to turn" — related to converse, reverse, versatile

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