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Meaning of "vice" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VICE

Via Old French from Latin vitium a defect.
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PRONUNCIATION OF VICE

vice  [vaɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VICE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Vice is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VICE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

vice

Vice

Vice is a practice, behavior, or habit generally considered immoral, sinful, depraved, or degrading in the associated society. In more minor usage, vice can refer to a fault, a negative character trait, a defect, an infirmity, or a bad or unhealthy habit. Synonyms for vice include fault, sin, depravity, iniquity, wickedness, and corruption. The opposite of vice is virtue.

Definition of vice in the English dictionary

The first definition of vice in the dictionary is an immoral, wicked, or evil habit, action, or trait. Other definition of vice is habitual or frequent indulgence in pernicious, immoral, or degrading practices. Vice is also a specific form of pernicious conduct, esp prostitution or sexual perversion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VICE


advice
ədˈvaɪs
Brice
braɪs
concise
kənˈsaɪs
device
dɪˈvaɪs
dice
daɪs
ice
aɪs
lice
laɪs
merchandise
ˈmɜːtʃənˌdaɪs
mice
maɪs
nice
naɪs
paradise
ˈpærəˌdaɪs
precise
prɪˈsaɪs
price
praɪs
rice
raɪs
sacrifice
ˈsækrɪˌfaɪs
slice
slaɪs
spice
spaɪs
suffice
səˈfaɪs
twice
twaɪs
vise
vaɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VICE

vicary
vice admiral
vice chancellor
vice den
vice girl
vice president
vice ring
vice squad
vice versa
vice-admiralty
vice-captain
vice-chairman
vice-chairmanship
vice-chairmen
vice-chancellorship
vice-consul
vice-counties
vice-county
vice-premier
vice-presidency

WORDS THAT END LIKE VICE

Alice
at a price
at any price
at short notice
brown rice
chief of police
choice
customer service
Home Office
juice
justice
malice
notice
office
once or twice
police
practice
service
the Oval Office
voice

Synonyms and antonyms of vice in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «VICE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «vice» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of vice

Translation of «vice» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VICE

Find out the translation of vice to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of vice from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «vice» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

恶习
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vicio
570 millions of speakers

English

vice
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उपाध्यक्ष
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رَذِيلَة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

порок
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vício
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভাইস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vice
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Naib
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Laster
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

悪徳
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부도덕한 행위
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kosok
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

điểm xấu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

துணை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्हाइस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mengene
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vizio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wada
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вада
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

viciu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βίτσιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vice
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

synd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

last
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of vice

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VICE»

The term «vice» is very widely used and occupies the 3.143 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VICE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «vice» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «vice» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about vice

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10 QUOTES WITH «VICE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word vice.
1
David Axelrod
Far be it from me to denigrate Senator McCain's advice on vice presidential nominees.
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Hosea Ballou
Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.
3
E. T. Bell
The pursuit of pretty formulas and neat theorems can no doubt quickly degenerate into a silly vice, but so can the quest for austere generalities which are so very general indeed that they are incapable of application to any particular.
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Dirk Benedict
It is all about marketing; that is where the real craft comes in. The best actors do not necessarily become the biggest stars. And vice versa.
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E. F. Benson
The greedy man is he who habitually eats too much, knowing that he is injuring his bodily health thereby, and this is a vice to which not the gourmet but the gourmand is a slave.
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Lee Bermejo
I think that comics can do things movies can't and vice versa. In my opinion, you only expose their weaknesses if you try too hard at making one exactly like the other.
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Georges Bizet
Religion is a means of exploitation employed by the strong against the weak; religion is a cloak of ambition, injustice and vice.
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John Bradshaw
Our beliefs create the kind of world we believe in. We project our feelings, thoughts and attitudes onto the world. I can create a different world by changing my belief about the world. Our inner state creates the outer and not vice versa.
9
Joseph Butler
The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice, in tempting and deceiving, in perjury and injustice.
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Gary Calamar
The big difference between the radio show and the TV work is that I don't have to work by committee on the radio show. I'm the DJ; I can play what I want and suffer or get praised by that. With a TV show, it's much more of a collaboration, and the song that I might think is perfect may get shot down and vice versa.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VICE»

Discover the use of vice in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vice and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Vice: One Cop's Story of Patrolling America's Most Dangerous ...
9 square miles. 10,000 criminals. 130 cops. A riveting memoir by Baker, California’s most-decorated police officer Compton: the most violent and crime-ridden city in America.
John R. Baker, Stephen J. Rivele, 2011
2
Inherent Vice
In this lively yarn, Thomas Pynchon, working in an unaccustomed genre, provides a classic illustration of the principle that if you can remember the sixties, you weren’t there . . . or . . . if you were there, then you . . . or, wait, is ...
Thomas Pynchon, 2012
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Introducing Bakhtin
This book provides the most comprehensive introduction to Bakhtin’s central concepts and terms. Sue Vice illustrates what is meant by such ideas as carnival, the grotesque body, dialogism and heteroglossia.
Sue Vice, 1997
4
Miami Vice
Discusses the aesthetic appeal, production history, philosophical themes, and enduring importance of the groundbreaking 1980s television series.
Steven Sanders, 2010
5
Legalizing Prostitution: From Illicit Vice to Lawful Business
Legalizing Prostitution provides a theoretically grounded comparative analysis of political dynamics, policy outcomes, and red-light landscapes in nations where prostitution has been legalized and regulated by the government, presenting a ...
Ronald John Weitzer, 2012
6
Island of Vice: Theodore Roosevelt's Quest to Clean Up ...
This is the story of how TR took on Manhattan vice . . . and vice won.
Richard Zacks, 2012
7
Inherent Vice: Bootleg Histories of Videotape and Copyright
This book reveals the creative uses of videotape that have made essential content more accessible and expanded our understanding of copyright law. It is a politically provocative, unabashedly nostalgic ode to analog. /div
Lucas Hilderbrand, 2009
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Virtue, Vice, and Value
Thomas Hurka defends a distinctive perfectionist view according to which the virtues are higher-level intrinsic goods, ones that involve morally appropriate attitudes to other, independent goods and evils.
Thomas Hurka Professor of Philosophy University of Calgary, 2000
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War and Gender: How Gender Shapes the War System and Vice Versa
Includes statistics.
Joshua S. Goldstein, 2003
10
Vice Versa: Or, A Lesson To Fathers
Humor writer F. Anstey's take on this time-honored trope, Vice Versa, recounts the hilarious hijinks that ensue when a boy and his father suddenly and mysteriously wind up inhabiting each other's skin.
F. Anstey, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VICE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vice is used in the context of the following news items.
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Biden supporters exploring vice president mounting challenge to …
Vice President Joe Biden's associates have resumed discussions about a 2016 presidential run after largely shelving such deliberations while his son was sick ... «Fox News, Aug 15»
2
Vice President, Governor Announce LaGuardia Airport Makeover
Vice President Joe Biden was joined by Governor Andrew Cuomo Monday afternoon to announce a $4 billion upgrade to the central terminal building at ... «NY1, Jul 15»
3
Vice President Joe Biden draws strength from Emanuel AME Church …
A month after enduring his own tragedy, Vice President Joe Biden stood at the front of Emanuel AME Church and spoke from the heart to a full house. Dressed in ... «Charleston Post Courier, Jun 15»
4
Burundi Vice-President Gervais Rufyikiri flees
One of Burundi's vice-presidents has fled the country, saying he felt threatened after opposing President Pierre Nkurunziza's third-term bid. Burundi has seen ... «BBC News, Jun 15»
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Beau Biden, Vice President's Son, Remembered In Delaware Service
Updated at 12:35 p.m. ET. Beau Biden, the eldest son of the vice president, a former Delaware attorney general and an Iraq War veteran, is being laid to rest ... «NPR, Jun 15»
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Mourners pay respects to vice president's son
Natalie Biden, center, is comforted by her grandfather, Vice President Joe Biden, and her mother Hallie as they follow an honor guard carrying a casket ... «Fox News, Jun 15»
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Statement by the Office of the Vice President
Later this week, there will be services to honor the life of Beau Biden. These services will be open to the public. On Thursday, Beau will lie in honor at Legislative ... «Whitehouse.gov, Jun 15»
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Statement by the Vice President
It is with broken hearts that Hallie, Hunter, Ashley, Jill and I announce the passing of our husband, brother and son, Beau, after he battled brain cancer with the ... «Whitehouse.gov, May 15»
9
Sierra Leone's President Fired His Vice President and Now All Hell …
The party is also urging citizens to disregard the legitimacy of new Vice President Victor Bockarie Foh, a former ambassador to China who was appointed to fill ... «VICE News, Mar 15»
10
Former Vice President Walter Mondale Released From Hospital
Former Vice President Walter Mondale, 87, is "doing well" and is going home after a brief hospitalization for influenza, a hospital spokeswoman said Saturday. «NBCNews.com, Mar 15»

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