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vice1 [vaɪs] N

1. vice (moral fault):

vice
поро́к m

2. vice fig:

vice
недоста́ток m
vice
изъя́н m

vice2 [vaɪs] N (tool)

vice-chair [vaɪsˈtʃeə], vice-chairman [vaɪsˈtʃeəmən] N

vice-chancellor [vaɪsˈtʃɑ:ntslə, Am -ˈtʃænt-] N Brit univ

Vice President, vice-president [vaɪsˈprezɪdənt] N

vice squad N

vice versa [ˌvaɪsɪˈvɜ:sə, Am -səˈvɜ:r-] ADV

Usage examples with vice

it's a vice with him
э́то его́ поро́к

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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A gallon of gasoline measured in winter, will expand in volume by summer and vice versa.
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The effect of the change in medium from film to video (or vice-versa) during a scene change in a programme could be jarring for some viewers.
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He turned his attention to the foundation of a teaching order to combat the prevailing ignorance and the resulting vice in the diocese.
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In other words, every knit stitch is flanked on all four sides (left and right, top and bottom) by purl stitches, and vice versa.
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Vice-chancellors might represent universities in a formal sense, but they are not representative of the university communities, which by their nature are obstreperous.
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Strong equivalence of two metrics implies topological equivalence, but not vice versa.
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And from 1994 to 2001 she also was vice-minister-president of Bavaria.
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If a language can relativize positions lower in the accessibility hierarchy, it can always relativize positions higher up, but not vice versa.
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Therefore, growth in the error vector will cause a corresponding decrease in the tracer gradient and vice versa.
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In contrast, an excessive tendency or vice concerning anger would be irascibility or quickness to anger.
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