vice versa

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vice versa

/ˈvaɪsɪ ˈvɜːsə/ UK
/ˈvaɪsə-/ UK
/vaɪs-/ UK
/ˈvaɪsi ˈvɝsə/ US
/ˈvaɪsə-/ US
/vaɪs-/ US

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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”).

adverb vice-versa · vicey versey · v.v. · vice versâ · vice-versâ

not comparable 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.
Similar: vicey versey, conversely, the other way round, inversely, reverse, vice versa, wrong side out

Opposite: rightways

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adverb

Opposite: rightways

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adv the other way round

Español	viceversa, contrariamente
日本語	逆に gyaku ni, 反対に hantai ni
中文	反之亦然 fǎnzhīyìrán
हिन्दी	विलोमतः vilomtaḥ
Português	vice versa, vice-versa
Français	vice versa, réciproquement
Deutsch	umgekehrt, andersherum, andersrum, und umgekehrt, und umgedreht, vice versa
Italiano	viceversa
Română	vice versa
Русский	наоборо́т naoborót
Tiếng Việt	ngược lại
العربية	الْعَكْس بِالْعَكْس al-ʕaks bi-l-ʕaks, الْعَكْس صَحِيح al-ʕaks ṣaḥīḥ

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@misc{vice_versa_2026,
  title = {vice versa},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vice%20versa},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}