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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vice1 /vaɪs/USA pronunciation n. - an immoral or evil habit or practice:[countable]His vices include drinking, illicit sex, and gambling.
- immoral conduct;
evil practices; depraved behavior:[uncountable]a life of vice and crime. - [uncountable] sexual immorality, esp. prostitution.
- a personal habit that is not especially harmful:[countable]Playing cards was his one vice.
vice2 /vaɪs/USA pronunciation n., v., viced, vic•ing. - vise.
vice-, prefix. - vice- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "in place of, instead of.'' It is attached to roots and sometimes words and means "deputy;
'' it is used esp. in the titles of officials who serve in the absence of the official named by the base word:vice-chancellor; vice-chairman.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vice1 (vīs),USA pronunciation n. - an immoral or evil habit or practice.
- immoral conduct;
depraved or degrading behavior:a life of vice. - sexual immorality, esp. prostitution.
- a particular form of depravity.
- a fault, defect, or shortcoming:a minor vice in his literary style.
- a physical defect, flaw, or infirmity:a constitutional vice.
- a bad habit, as in a horse.
- Literature(cap.) a character in the English morality plays, a personification of general vice or of a particular vice, serving as the buffoon.
- Latin vitium a fault, defect, vice
- Anglo-French, Old French
- Middle English 1250–1300
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See fault.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged depravity, sin, iniquity, wickedness, corruption.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged blemish.
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged virtue.
vice2 (vīs),USA pronunciation n., v.t., viced, vic•ing. - vise.
vi•ce3 (vī′sē, -sə, vīs),USA pronunciation prep. - instead of;
in the place of.
- Latin: instead of, ablative of vicis (genitive; not attested in nominative) interchange, alternation
- 1760–70
vice-, - a combining form meaning "deputy,'' used in the formation of compound words, usually titles of officials who serve in the absence of the official denoted by the base word:viceroy; vice-chancellor.
- Middle English Latin vice vice3
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: vice /vaɪs/ n - an immoral, wicked, or evil habit, action, or trait
- habitual or frequent indulgence in pernicious, immoral, or degrading practices
- a specific form of pernicious conduct, esp prostitution or sexual perversion
- a failing or imperfection in character, conduct, etc: smoking is his only vice
- a bad trick or disposition, as of horses, dogs, etc
Etymology: 13th Century: via Old French from Latin vitium a defect vice, often US vise /vaɪs/ n - an appliance for holding an object while work is done upon it, usually having a pair of jaws
vb - (transitive) to grip (something) with or as if with a vice
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French vis a screw, from Latin vītis vine, plant with spiralling tendrils (hence the later meaning) vice /vaɪs/ adj - (prenominal) serving in the place of or as a deputy for
- (in combination): viceroy
n - informal a person who serves as a deputy to another
Etymology: 18th Century: from Latin vice, from vicis interchange vice /ˈvaɪsɪ/ prep - instead of; as a substitute for
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin, ablative of vicis change WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vise or vice /vaɪs/USA pronunciation n., v., vised, vis•ing. n. [countable] - Buildinga device usually having two jaws adjusted by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
v. [~ + object] - Buildingto hold, press, or squeeze with or as if with a vise.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vise (vīs),USA pronunciation n., v., vised, vis•ing. n. - Buildingany of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
v.t. - Buildingto hold, press, or squeeze with or as with a vise.
Also, vice. - Latin vītis vine (whose spiral form gave later sense)
- Old French: screw
- Middle English vis 1300–50
vise′like′, adj. vi•sé (vē′zā, vē zā′),USA pronunciation n., v.t., vi•séed, vi•sé•ing. - Government, Lawvisa.
- French, past participle of viser to inspect, check; see visa
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