vice versa

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  1. adverb With the order or meaning reversed; conversely.

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  1. Latin vice versā : vice, ablative of *vix, position + versā, feminine ablative of versus, past participle of vertere, to turn.

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  1. Latin: vice, ablative of *vix, change, alternation, alternate order (see vice);versā. ablative feminine of versus, past participle ofvertere, turn, turn about: see verse.
 

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/ˈvaɪˈsi vərsə/
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