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obverse
adjective
- turned toward the observer
- narrower at the base than at the top: an obverse leaf
- forming a counterpart
noun
- the side, as of a coin or medal, bearing the main design and the date
- the front or main surface of anything
- a counterpart
- Logic the negative counterpart of an affirmative proposition, or the affirmative counterpart of a negative: “no one is infallible” is the obverse of “everyone is fallible”
Related Forms:
- obversely adverb
See obverse in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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