obverse
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obverse
- /ˈɑb.vɚs/ US
- /ɑbˈvɝs/ US
- /əbˈvɝs/ US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)s
Where it comes from
From Latin obversus, 1650s.
adjective
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Turned or facing toward the observer.
The obverse side of the gravestone has the inscription.
Similar: facing, presenting
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Corresponding; complementary.
When you speak clearly, people understand you. If you don't mumble, the obverse effect is observed.
Similar: analogous, like, parallel, reciprocal
- Having the base, or end next to the attachment, narrower than the top. an obverse leaf
noun obverses
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The heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal design.
The medal had a cross on the obverse and had a name inscribed on the reverse.
Opposite: reverse
- A proposition obtained by obversion. White racism says that all black people are the same, with no right to or understanding of these words. Too much of what I have seen of black society simply assumes the obverse, that black people should have no interest in these words, that these words are irrelevant to or destructive of "black cult
Translations
Every language
adj turned or facing toward the observer
| Español | anverso |
|---|---|
| Français | avers, face |
| Italiano | dritto |
| Русский | лицевой licevoj, фронтальный frontalʹnyj, аверсный aversnyj |
| Tiếng Việt | phải |
noun the heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal
| Español | anverso |
|---|---|
| Français | face, avers |
| Deutsch | Vorderseite, Bildseite, Kopf, Avers |
| Italiano | dritto, testa, lato principale, faccia anteriore |
| Русский | аверс avers |
| Tiếng Việt | mặt phải |
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title = {obverse},
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