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View synonyms for vis

vis

1

[ wees; English vis ]

noun

, Latin.
, plural vi·res [wee, -, r, eys, vahy, -reez].
  1. strength; force; power.


vis.

2

abbreviation for

  1. visibility.
  2. visual.

Vis.

3

abbreviation for

  1. Viscount.
  2. Viscountess.

vis

1

/ vɪs /

noun

  1. power, force, or strength
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Vis.

2

abbreviation for

  1. Viscount or Viscountess
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

A French wizard discovers his newfound sexuality vis-à-vis a magic wand that happens to be attached to him.

Vis-a-vis writing, Exeter was the place I got interested in writing.

But, to my eyes, that letter says everything about where Clinton stands vis a vis the rest of the Democratic Party.

Not only on the diplomatic level— i.e., vis-a-vis Europe or Israel, but also within Palestinian society.

He defended a “resistance economy” vis-à-vis the West and the U.S.

Je vis M. le Baron d'Holbach environn d'une vieille femme et de deux villageois, l'un vieux comme elle et l'autre jeune.

The controversy of the vis viva was what was the proper definition of the measure of force.

In the debate of the vis viva, it was assumed that in the mutual action of bodies the whole effect of the force is unchanged.

But in this instance, that which the author calls in another passage of his work, the vis Lucilii, fell upon the hard rock.

My fair vis-a-vis looked me now full in the face and smiled, so that a dimple in her right cheek was plainly visible.

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