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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ob•verse /n. ˈɑbvɜrs; adj. ɑbˈvɜrs, ˈɑbvɜrs/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Currencythe side of a coin, medal, flag, etc., that bears the principal design (opposed to reverse).
- the front or principal surface of anything.
- an opposite or contrary side, position, or aspect:Your opinion is the obverse of ours.
adj. - facing the observer:the obverse side.
See -vert-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ob•verse (n. ob′vûrs;adj. ob vûrs′, ob′vûrs),USA pronunciation n. - Currencythe side of a coin, medal, flag, etc., that bears the principal design (opposed to reverse).
- the front or principal surface of anything.
- a counterpart.
- Philosophy[Logic.]a proposition obtained from another by obversion.
adj. - facing the observer.
- corresponding to something else as a counterpart.
- having the base narrower than the top, as a leaf.
- Latin obversus turned toward or against (past participle of obvertere), equivalent. to ob- ob- + vert(ere) to turn + -tus past participle suffix, with tt s
- 1650–60
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: obverse /ˈɒbvɜːs/ adj - facing or turned towards the observer
- forming or serving as a counterpart
- (of certain plant leaves) narrower at the base than at the top
n - a counterpart or complement
- the side of a coin that bears the main design or device
- a categorial proposition derived from another by replacing the original predicate by its negation and changing the proposition from affirmative to negative or vice versa, as no sum is correct from every sum is incorrect
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin obversus turned towards, past participle of obvertere, from ob- to + vertere to turnobˈversely adv |