Meaning

2 senses
  1. 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.

    Vorderseite, Bildseite, Kopf

    аверсavers

    аверсavers

    the side of a coin or medal bearing the principal stamp or design

  2. A proposition obtained by obversion.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. The obverse of peace is war.

    deDas Gegenteil von Frieden ist Krieg. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. The scholar's monograph on ancient coins detailed the obverse and reverse of each specimen.

  3. The oracle taught that the faith of the laity was the obverse of the gods' hidden despair.

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal:
Русский
By meaning 1
the heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal:

Origin

From Latin obversus, 1650s.

From Latin obversus, 1650s.

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Forms

plural: obverses
Singularobverse
Pluralobverses

regular

Antonyms

1 antonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
obverse — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto