the other way round

English

WOTD – 8 July 2008

Alternative forms

• the other way around

Pronunciation

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Adverb

the other way round (not comparable)

1. The same but with the mentioned things or people in reverse order or position.
   • 1979, Honor Tracy, The Ballad of Castle Reef, page 45:

     At dinner Marigold had the Rector on her right and the Colonel on her left, Francis had their wives the other way round to avoid any signs of preference, […]

   • 2007, Michael Clark, Paradoxes from A to Z, page 44:

     One answer which has gained scientific popularity puts the egg first – 'no egg, no chicken': […] A competing answer puts it the other way round – 'no chicken, no egg': […]

2. In reversed orientation.

   If it isn't working, try turning the battery the other way round.

Synonyms

• (same, but with mentioned things in reverse order): conversely, vice versa; See also Thesaurus:vice versa
• (in reversed orientation): backwards

Translations

same but with mentioned things reversed

• Bashkir: киреһенсә (kirehensə)
• Bulgarian: обра́тно (bg) (obrátno)
• Dutch: omgekeerd (nl)
• German: umgekehrt (de)
• Hungarian: fordítva (hu)
• Italian: viceversa (it), al contrario, all'incontrario, all'opposto, all'inverso
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: omvendt

  Nynorsk: omvend

• Russian: наоборо́т (ru) (naoborót)
• Scottish Gaelic: air an rathad eile
• Serbo-Croatian: obrnuto (sh)
• Spanish: al revés
• Swedish: omvänt (sv), tvärtom (sv)

in reversed orientation

• German: andersherum (de), andersrum (de)
• Hungarian: megfordítva, ellenkező irányban
• Indonesian: terbalik (id)
• Russian: наза́д (ru) (nazád), за́дом наперёд (zádom naperjód)
• Scottish Gaelic: air an rathad eile