Word info Synonyms

vis

Speech parts

1. vis - Noun

2. vis - Adjective

3. vis - Verb

4. Vis - Proper noun

Meaning

Force; power.

Physical force.

Moral power.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Examples

Where there are large powers with little ambition (which will happen sometimes, though seldom) nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes; for she has given the machinery without the vis motrix. Henry Taylor

The writer cannot abandon himself simply to inspiration, and feign innocence vis a vis language, because language is never innocent. Juan Goytisolo

Industry is the vis motrix of husbandry, and therefore an ancient English writer observes, "that a single uncultivated acre is a real physical evil in any state." Walter Harte

Vis a vis the Golan Heights, the present government of Israel, under my leadership, is the first government that is ready to speak about a withdrawal. Yitzhak Rabin

A feature found only in Putèr and Vallader (as it is in Castilian Spanish) is the preposition of a direct object, when that direct object is a person or an animal, with a, as in test vis a Peider? Source: Internet

Eritrea’s best possible hope in the future vis a vis Ethiopia rides on the goodwill of Tigray people. Source: Internet

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