vice versa
adverb/ˌvaɪs ˈvɜːsə/, /ˌvaɪsi ˈvɜːsə/
/ˌvaɪs ˈvɜːrsə/, /ˌvaɪsi ˈvɜːrsə/
- used to say that the opposite of what you have just said is also true
- You can cruise from Cairo to Aswan or vice versa (= also from Aswan to Cairo).
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘in-turned position’.Definitions on the go
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