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vice versa

[vahy-suh vur-suh, vahys, vahy-see] / ˈvaɪ sə ˈvɜr sə, ˈvaɪs, ˈvaɪ si /
ADVERB
with the order reversed
Synonyms
WEAK
about-face again backwards contra contrarily contrariwise contrary conversely far from it in reverse inversely mutatis mutandis on the contrary oppositely reversed the opposite way the other way around turn about upside down

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If patients have bad side effects when taking a statin, a scan can help tell them if they are low risk and don’t need more aggressive therapy or vice versa, says Blaha.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Oil tankers and cargo ships arriving from the Indian Ocean pass through it to reach the Red Sea and then the Suez Canal, where they enter the Mediterranean, and vice versa.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

The indicator is interpreted in a contrarian way, with higher values showing lower subsequent returns, and vice versa.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 25, 2026

What this highlights is the ever-changing nature of set-piece routines with attacking sides reacting to defensive tweaks week on week and vice versa.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

Both Hobbes and Wittgenstein, they want to argue, grasped that a form of knowledge implies a form of social order and vice versa.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton