Definition of 'vice versa'
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vice versa in American English
the order or relation being reversed; conversely
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vice versa in American English
(ˈvaisə ˈvɜːrsə, ˈvais, ˈvaisi)
in reverse order from that stated; conversely
She dislikes me, and vice versa
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[1595–1605; ‹ L, equiv. to vice vice3 + versā, abl. sing. fem. of versus, ptp. of vertere to turn]Synonyms of 'vice versa'
the other way round, conversely, in reverse, contrariwise
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vice versa
British English: vice versa
/ˈvaɪsɪ ˈvɜːsə/ ADVERB
Vice versa is used to indicate that the reverse of what you have said is also true. For example 'people can perform some tasks better than machines can and vice versa' means that machines can perform some tasks better than people can.
The boys teased the girls and vice versa.
- American English: vice versa /ˈvaɪs ˈvɜrsə/
- Arabic: والعَكْسُ بِالعَكْس
- Brazilian Portuguese: vice-versa
- Chinese: 反之亦然
- Croatian: obrnuto
- Czech: naopak
- Danish: vice versa
- Dutch: vice versa
- European Spanish: viceversa
- Finnish: päinvastoin
- French: vice versa
- German: umgekehrt
- Greek: τανάπαλιν
- Italian: viceversa
- Japanese: 逆に
- Korean: 반대로
- Norwegian: omvendt
- Polish: odwrotnie
- European Portuguese: vice-versa
- Romanian: vice versa
- Russian: наоборот
- Latin American Spanish: viceversa
- Swedish: vice versa
- Thai: ในทางกลับกัน
- Turkish: ya da aksine
- Ukrainian: навпаки
- Vietnamese: ngược lại
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