# vice versa

Pronunciation: US say "VY-see VUR-suh" /ˈvaɪsi ˈvɝsə/; UK say "VY-si VUR-suh" /ˈvaɪsɪ ˈvɜːsə/

## Adverb

1. In the same way, but with the two things just mentioned reversed.
   - Simple: The same, but the other way around, with the two things you just named swapped.
   - _Each volunteer received the drug in the first month and the placebo in the second, or vice versa._
   - _Whether the husband takes the wife's name or vice versa is entirely up to the couple._

## Origin

Borrowed from the Latin ablative absolute vice versā ("the position having been reversed"). It is formed from the noun vicis ("arrangement, order, position") plus the feminine ablative singular of versus, the perfect passive participle of vertō ("to turn, to reverse").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/vice-versa (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).