vice

Other spellings

• (US) vise

Pronunciation

• (UK)(US) IPA: /vaɪs/

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• Homophones: vise

Adjective

Positive vice

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. vice (not comparable) in place of; subordinate to; designating a person below another in rank. <> mataimaki, mataimakiya.

   vice president <> mataimakin shugaba

Noun

Singular vice

Plural vices

A bench vise

1. A vice is an immoral or bad habit. <> mummunar ɗabi'a, zunubi, saɓo, sha'awa ko hali.
   • Antonym: virtue
   • Synonyms: sin and guilty pleasure
   1. Smoking is a vice. <> Halin shan taba zunubi ne.
   2. Yet, a practice of lying is a vice. <> Duk da haka, yin ƙarya laifi ne.
2. (UK) A vice is an instrument that consists of two jaws and is closed by a screw or lever. It is used for holding work, such as filing.

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) vice

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) vices

Past tense (ya wuce) viced

Past participle (ya wuce) viced

Present participle (ana cikin yi) vicing

1. If you vice something, you clamp it with a vice.