vice versa

adverb

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

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Lastly, what’s something on the show that people might assume is a digital effect, but is actually practical — or vice versa? Andrew McGowan, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025 The streetcar takes approximately 30 minutes to go from the River Market to UMKC, and vice versa. Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2025 Threats to your security are often also threats to your privacy and vice versa, since privacy is often about unwanted access to data, and security is often about what happens with that access and the harm that comes from misusing it. PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025 After stints in New York, London, and Paris, the third annual edition of Vogue World is taking place this weekend in Hollywood, paying homage to the role of fashion in film (and vice versa). Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for vice versa

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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“Vice versa.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vice%20versa. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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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