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- pronunciation:
- vih
sI
sih
tud
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noun |
| definition 1: |
(usu. pl.) unexpected and unforeseeable changes or shifts, as in one's circumstances.
One can make plans and take certain precautions, but it's simply not possible to prepare for all the vicissitudes of life.- similar words:
- caprice, fluctuation, fortunes, inconstancy, twists, uncertainty, unpredictability, vagary
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| definition 2: |
a change, variation, or alternation of states or things during a course of time, often a lifetime.
- similar words:
- alternation, change, shifting, variation
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| definition 3: |
change or changeability.
- synonyms:
- change, changeability
- similar words:
- alteration, inconstancy, instability, mutability, mutation, transformation, variation
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| related words: |
chance, fortune, vagary |
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| derivation: |
vicissitudinous (adj.) |
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