Meaning & use
vice versa
With the order, positions, or relationship of the two things just mentioned reversed.
See it in a sentence
He teaches his sister chess, and vice versa, since she taught him checkers last year.
Parents influence their children's habits, and vice versa, as children shape their parents too.
A note on using this word
Vice versa is a Latin borrowing used as a sentence adverb, usually set off by commas, that substitutes for repeating a reversed statement.
Words with a similar meaning
converselythe other way around
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