Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb With the order or meaning reversed; conversely.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The order being changed.

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  • adverb The same but with the two things or people mentioned reversed.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb with the order reversed

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

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

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From Latin ablative absolute vice versā, from feminine third declension noun vicis ("arrangement, order, position, etc.") + feminine ablative singular of perfect passive participle versus, from vertō.

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