vicissitudes

vi·cis·si·tude

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [vi-sis-i-tood, -tyood]
- /vɪˈsɪs ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud/
- /vɪˈsɪs.ɪ.tjuːdz/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [vi-sis-i-tood, -tyood]
- /vɪˈsɪs ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud/

Definitions of vicissitudes word

noun vicissitudes a change or variation occurring in the course of something. 1
noun vicissitudes interchange or alternation, as of states or things. 1
noun vicissitudes vicissitudes, successive, alternating, or changing phases or conditions, as of life or fortune; ups and downs: They remained friends through the vicissitudes of 40 years. 1
noun vicissitudes regular change or succession of one state or thing to another. 1
noun vicissitudes change; mutation; mutability. 1
noun plural vicissitudes You use vicissitudes to refer to changes, especially unpleasant ones, that happen to someone or something at different times in their life or development. 0

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Origin of vicissitudes

First appearance:

before 1560

One of the 32% oldest English words

1560-70; < Latin vicissitūdō, equivalent to viciss(im) in turn (perhaps by syncope < *vice-cessim; vice in the place of (see vice3) + cessim giving way, adv. derivative of cēdere to go, proceed) + -i- -i- -tūdō -tude

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Parts of speech for Vicissitudes

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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vicissitudes popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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Synonyms for vicissitudes

noun vicissitudes

human condition — mortality
life — the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
changes — to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history.
deviations — Plural form of deviation.
fluctuations — Plural form of fluctuation.

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