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- Dictionaryvicissitude/vɪˈsɪsɪtjuːd/
noun
- 1. a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant: "her husband's sharp vicissitudes of fortune"
- 2. alternation between opposite or contrasting things: literary "the vicissitude of the seasons"
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: a favorable or unfavorable event or situation that occurs by chance : a fluctuation of state or condition. the vicissitudes of daily life. b. : a difficulty or hardship attendant on a way of life, a career, or a course of action and usually beyond one's control. c. : alternating change : succession. Did you know? Changes and Vicissitude.
VICISSITUDES definition: 1. changes that happen at different times during the life or development of someone or something…. Learn more.
a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something. “the project was subject to the usual vicissitudes of exploratory research” see more see less. noun. mutability in life or nature (especially successive alternation from one condition to another) see more see less. Cite this entry. Style: MLA
the vicissitude of the sea. b. regular succession or alternation, as of night and day. 2. [pl.] unpredictable changes or variations that keep occurring in life, fortune, etc.; shifting circumstances; ups and downs. 3. a difficulty that is likely to occur, esp. one that is inherent in a situation.
Definition of vicissitude noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
changes that happen at different times during the life or development of someone or something, especially those that result in conditions being worse: Losing your job is just one of the vicissitudes of life. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
There are nine meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun vicissitude, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
n. 1. a. A change or variation: an economy vulnerable to the vicissitudes of the oil market. b. A usually unforeseen change in circumstance or experience that affects one's life, especially in a trying way: the vicissitudes of childhood. See Synonyms at difficulty. 2. The quality of being changeable; mutability: the vicissitude of fortune.
Definitions of 'vicissitude' 1. a. a condition of constant change or alternation, as a natural process; mutability. [...] b. regular succession or alternation, as of night and day. [...] 2. [pl.] unpredictable changes or variations that keep occurring in life, fortune, etc.; shifting circumstances; ups and downs. [...] 3.
a change or variation occurring in the course of something. interchange or alternation, as of states or things. vicissitudes, successive, alternating, or changing phases or conditions, as of life or fortune; ups and downs: They remained friends through the vicissitudes of 40 years.
