vice versa

Vice-versa is defined as the order is reversed.

(adverb)

When someone says "black or white" and you say "no, white or black" this is an example of vice versa.

See vice versa in Webster's New World College Dictionary

the order or relation being reversed; conversely

Origin: L

See vice versa in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adverb Abbr. v.v.

With the order or meaning reversed; conversely.

Origin:

Origin: Latin vice versā

Origin: : vice

Origin: , ablative of *vix, position

Origin: + versā

Origin: , feminine ablative of versus, past participle of vertere, to turn

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