vicissitude

  • 21vicissitude —  A change of circumstance. Although there is no compelling reason for it, the word is almost always used in the plural …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 22vicissitude —    for a change or variation. Although there is no compelling reason for it, the word is almost always used in the plural …

    Dictionary of troublesome word

  • 23vicissitude — vi·cis·si·tude || vɪ sɪsɪtuːd / tju n. unpredictable changes (especially during the course of a lifetime); variability; hardship during a lifetime …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 24vicissitude — [vɪ sɪsɪtju:d, vʌɪ ] noun 1》 a change of circumstances or fortune, typically for the worse. 2》 literary alternation between contrasting things. Derivatives vicissitudinous tju:dɪnəs adjective Origin C17: from Fr., or from L. vicissitudo, from… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 25vicissitude — n. 1. Alternation, interchange, regular change, mutual succession. 2. Variation, mutation, revolution, change …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 26vicissitude — n 1. change, mutation, permutation, modification, transformation, metamorphosis; variation, variance, difference, divergence, deviation. 2. alternation, shifting, vacillation, fluctuation, interchange; rotation, reversal, turn about, turnaround,… …

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  • 27vicissitude — vi·cis·si·tude …

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  • 28vicissitude — vi•cis•si•tude [[t]vɪˈsɪs ɪˌtud, ˌtyud[/t]] n. 1) regular change or succession of one state or thing to another 2) change or variation; mutation; mutability 3) vicissitudes, successive or changing phases or conditions, as of life or fortune; ups… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 29vicissitude — /vəˈsɪsətjud / (say vuh sisuhtyoohd), / tʃud/ (say choohd) noun 1. a change or variation, or something different, occurring in the course of something. 2. interchange or alternation, as of states or things. 3. (plural) changes, variations,… …

  • 30vicissitude —   n. change of fortune; alternation.    ♦ vicissitudinous, a …

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