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vice versa

adv
/ˈvaɪsɪ ˈvɜːsə/UK/ˈvaɪsi ˈvɝsə/US

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”).

  1. derived from ablative absolute vice versā — “the position having been reversed”

Definitions

  1. 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.
    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for vice versa. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA