obverse

American  

[ob-vurs, ob-vurs, ob-vurs] / ˈɒb vɜrs, ɒbˈvɜrs, ˈɒb vɜrs /

noun

1. the side of a coin, medal, flag, etc., that bears the principal design (reverse ).

2. the front or principal surface of anything.

3. a counterpart.

4. Logic. a proposition obtained from another by obversion.

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adjective

1. facing the observer.

2. corresponding to something else as a counterpart.

3. having the base narrower than the top, as a leaf.

obverse British  

/ ˈɒbvɜːs /

adjective

1. facing or turned towards the observer

2. forming or serving as a counterpart

3. (of certain plant leaves) narrower at the base than at the top

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noun

1. a counterpart or complement

2. the side of a coin that bears the main design or device Compare reverse

3. logic 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

Other Word Forms

• obversely adverb

Etymology

Origin of obverse

1650–60; < 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