the other way around

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the other way around

adverb the other way round

  1. not comparable The same but with the things or people mentioned in reverse order. “After all, he’s speaking our language, not the other way around.

    Similar: vice versa, conversely, the other way about

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adv same but with things reversed

Españolal revés, lo contrario, viceversa
日本語逆に gyaku ni
中文反過來 /反过来 fǎnguolái, 反之亦然 fǎnzhīyìrán
Portuguêsao contrário, em reverso, de trás para frente
Françaisvice versa, dans l'autre sens
Deutschumgekehrt
Românăinvers
Русскийнаоборо́т naoborót

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@misc{the_other_way_around_2026,
  title = {the other way around},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/the%20other%20way%20around},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}