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Definition of vice versa adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

vice versa

adverb
 
/ˌvaɪs ˈvɜːsə/,
 
/ˌvaɪsi ˈvɜːsə/
 
/ˌvaɪs ˈvɜːrsə/,
 
/ˌvaɪsi ˈvɜːrsə/
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  1. used to say that the opposite of what you have just said is also true
    • You can cruise from Cairo to Aswan or vice versa (= also from Aswan to Cairo).
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘in-turned position’.
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