vice versa

adverb

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

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Mutual courage: The CHRO challenges the CEO, and vice versa. Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025 The department, which isn’t the primary agency to regulate or enforce Title IX, plans to rescind a rule that has for decades allowed girls to try out for boys’ sports teams or vice versa when there is no equivalent female team at their school, with some exceptions for contact sports. Brooke Migdon, The Hill, 14 June 2025 Gilt yields and prices move in opposite directions — so rising prices move yields lower, and vice versa. Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 12 June 2025 Studies in Australia, Turkey, Brazil, China, India and Indonesia showed that people with metabolic conditions such as diabetes were less likely to have helminth infections, and vice versa. Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 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 2 Jul. 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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