Vice
noun
A bad habit or characteristic.
Smoking is a harmful vice that many people struggle to quit.
Often appears as...
- fall into vice
- struggle with a vice
noun
Second in command or ranking below the top position.
The Vice President will take over if the President is unable to perform his duties.
Often appears as...
- vice president
- vice captain
noun
A tool with two jaws for holding materials firmly in place.
The carpenter placed the piece of wood in the vice and tightened it.
Often appears as...
- bench vice
- machine vice
Usage tips
Technical
preposition
In place of or as a substitute for.
The Vice Chancellor took the place of the Chancellor during the meeting.
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A bad habit or characteristic.
Smoking is a harmful vice that many people struggle to quit.
Often appears as...
- fall into vice
- struggle with a vice
noun
Second in command or ranking below the top position.
The Vice President will take over if the President is unable to perform his duties.
Often appears as...
- vice president
- vice captain
noun
A tool with two jaws for holding materials firmly in place.
The carpenter placed the piece of wood in the vice and tightened it.
Often appears as...
- bench vice
- machine vice
Usage tips
Technical
preposition
In place of or as a substitute for.
The Vice Chancellor took the place of the Chancellor during the meeting.
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'vice' implies a strong negative judgment about someone's behavior or habit.
His gambling vice destroyed his family's finances.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Addictive
'Vice' typically refers to habits that can be addictive or hard to break.
Many people find their sweet tooth to be a vice they can't give up.
Pro Tip 3/3Moral Undertone
Using 'vice' in a sentence often carries a moral undertone of disapproval.
She viewed his love for luxury as a vice, not merely a preference.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'vice' implies a strong negative judgment about someone's behavior or habit.
His gambling vice destroyed his family's finances.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Addictive
'Vice' typically refers to habits that can be addictive or hard to break.
Many people find their sweet tooth to be a vice they can't give up.
Pro Tip 3/3Moral Undertone
Using 'vice' in a sentence often carries a moral undertone of disapproval.
She viewed his love for luxury as a vice, not merely a preference.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'vice' implies a strong negative judgment about someone's behavior or habit.
His gambling vice destroyed his family's finances.
Pro Tip 2/3Often Addictive
'Vice' typically refers to habits that can be addictive or hard to break.
Many people find their sweet tooth to be a vice they can't give up.
Pro Tip 3/3Moral Undertone
Using 'vice' in a sentence often carries a moral undertone of disapproval.
She viewed his love for luxury as a vice, not merely a preference.
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Why you think you're...
And, as researchers have demonstrated, if you support capital punishment and the study shows that it's not effective, then you're highly motivated to find all the reasons why the study was poorly designed. But if it shows that capital punishment works, it's a good study. And vice if you don't support capital punishment, same thing.
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Zen kōans: Unsolvable...
why do we need an explanation? For these monks, blindly seeking answers was a vice to overcome, and learning to accept the mysteries of existence was the true path to enlightenment. But fighting the urge to explain the unexplainable can be difficult. So to help practice living with these mysteries,
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How do US Supreme Court...
with ties broken by the vice president. With the Senate's consent, the president issues a written appointment, allowing the nominee to complete the final steps to take the constitutional and judicial oaths. In doing so, they solemnly swear to administer justice without respect to persons
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Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...
here's how the desert sand meets the sea and vice versa the foam is the result of these strong offshore winds that whip the biomass of phytoplankton into a froth consider it something like marine egg whites like other major fisheries the Benguela current marine life has
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Particles and waves: The...
like a particle. But when you repeat the experiment many times, all the individual electrons trace out a pattern of stripes, characteristic of wave behavior. The idea that particles behave like waves, and vice versa, is one of the strangest and most powerful in physics.
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Demystifying quantum...
fineman famously said that this is experiment in embodies the central mystery of quantum mechanics once you know that particles behave like waves and vice versa everything else falls into place like letters filling in a crossword grid I tell this story not
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Why do blood types...
Why do blood types matter? For blood transfusions, finding the correct one is a matter of life and death. If someone with type A blood is given type B blood, or vice versa, their antibodies will reject the foreign antigens and attack them,
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What is the Heisenberg...
from literary criticism to sports commentary. Uncertainty is often explained as a result of measurement, that the act of measuring an object's position changes its speed, or vice versa. The real origin is much deeper and more amazing.
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Learning from dirty jobs...
I mean, I was like -- So, the idea that we create this sense of complacency when all we do is talk about somebody else's responsibility as though it's our own, and vice versa. Anyhow, a whole lot of things.
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The Making of Walking...
the front ones are pushed up by the movement and then vice versa one by one the statues were coming to life
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Why you think you're...
And, as researchers have demonstrated, if you support capital punishment and the study shows that it's not effective, then you're highly motivated to find all the reasons why the study was poorly designed. But if it shows that capital punishment works, it's a good study. And vice if you don't support capital punishment, same thing.
Video examples
Zen kōans: Unsolvable...
why do we need an explanation? For these monks, blindly seeking answers was a vice to overcome, and learning to accept the mysteries of existence was the true path to enlightenment. But fighting the urge to explain the unexplainable can be difficult. So to help practice living with these mysteries,
Video examples
How do US Supreme Court...
with ties broken by the vice president. With the Senate's consent, the president issues a written appointment, allowing the nominee to complete the final steps to take the constitutional and judicial oaths. In doing so, they solemnly swear to administer justice without respect to persons
Video examples
Jewel of Namibia PIPE Nat...
here's how the desert sand meets the sea and vice versa the foam is the result of these strong offshore winds that whip the biomass of phytoplankton into a froth consider it something like marine egg whites like other major fisheries the Benguela current marine life has
Video examples
Particles and waves: The...
like a particle. But when you repeat the experiment many times, all the individual electrons trace out a pattern of stripes, characteristic of wave behavior. The idea that particles behave like waves, and vice versa, is one of the strangest and most powerful in physics.
Video examples
Demystifying quantum...
fineman famously said that this is experiment in embodies the central mystery of quantum mechanics once you know that particles behave like waves and vice versa everything else falls into place like letters filling in a crossword grid I tell this story not
Video examples
Why do blood types...
Why do blood types matter? For blood transfusions, finding the correct one is a matter of life and death. If someone with type A blood is given type B blood, or vice versa, their antibodies will reject the foreign antigens and attack them,
Video examples
What is the Heisenberg...
from literary criticism to sports commentary. Uncertainty is often explained as a result of measurement, that the act of measuring an object's position changes its speed, or vice versa. The real origin is much deeper and more amazing.
Video examples
Learning from dirty jobs...
I mean, I was like -- So, the idea that we create this sense of complacency when all we do is talk about somebody else's responsibility as though it's our own, and vice versa. Anyhow, a whole lot of things.
Video examples
The Making of Walking...
the front ones are pushed up by the movement and then vice versa one by one the statues were coming to life
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Hunter S. Thompson
American Journalist
One of the most basic factors in sports is that winning becomes a habit, and losing is the same way. When failure starts to feel normal in your life or your work or even your darkest vices, you won't have to go looking for trouble, because trouble will find you. Count on it.
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Eric Garcetti
Algerian Politician
I have to spend my time worrying about poor families at the expense of helping businesses, or vice versa. To me, I really see that's the bridge I need to build.
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Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
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Tori Amos
American Musician
I am the worst influence. If you can't handle your vices, then I am the Devil.
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Gilbert K. Chesterton
English Writer
A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.
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Erin Heatherton
American Model
Life would be pretty boring if we didn't have vices.
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Joseph Joubert
French Writer
The passions of the young are vices in the old.
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Antoine Rivarol
French Journalist
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
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M. Scott Peck
American Psychologist
Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.
Quote examples
Hunter S. Thompson
American Journalist
One of the most basic factors in sports is that winning becomes a habit, and losing is the same way. When failure starts to feel normal in your life or your work or even your darkest vices, you won't have to go looking for trouble, because trouble will find you. Count on it.
Quote examples
Eric Garcetti
Algerian Politician
I have to spend my time worrying about poor families at the expense of helping businesses, or vice versa. To me, I really see that's the bridge I need to build.
Quote examples
Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
Quote examples
Tori Amos
American Musician
I am the worst influence. If you can't handle your vices, then I am the Devil.
Quote examples
Gilbert K. Chesterton
English Writer
A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice.
Quote examples
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.
Quote examples
Erin Heatherton
American Model
Life would be pretty boring if we didn't have vices.
Quote examples
Joseph Joubert
French Writer
The passions of the young are vices in the old.
Quote examples
Antoine Rivarol
French Journalist
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
Quote examples
M. Scott Peck
American Psychologist
Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.
Example 1 of 10
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