vice versa
/ˌvʌɪs ˈvəːsə
/ /vʌɪsə ˈvəːsə/adverb
With the main items in the preceding statement the other way round: cruise from Cairo to Aswan or vice versa...
- Please view the italics as simply the opposite of the regular format, and vice versa.
- You can only compose if you understand how to conduct and vice versa.
- I wanted HIM to come running to ME, not vice versa.
Synonyms
conversely, inversely, the other way round, contrariwise, oppositely, in reverse, reciprocally
Origin
Early 17th century: from Latin, literally 'in-turned position'.
This is an English use of a Latin phrase meaning literally ‘the position being reversed’.