Obverse
noun
The side of a coin or medal that has the main design or image.
The obverse of the coin features a portrait of the queen.
Often appears as...
- obverse of a coin
- obverse side
adjective
Similar or corresponding to something else.
The obverse process of transforming water into steam.
Often appears as...
- obverse process
- obverse situation
noun
The side of a coin or medal that has the main design or image.
The obverse of the coin features a portrait of the queen.
Often appears as...
- obverse of a coin
- obverse side
adjective
Similar or corresponding to something else.
The obverse process of transforming water into steam.
Often appears as...
- obverse process
- obverse situation
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Coin Front
The obverse is what you see first on a coin, usually with the more important design.
Check the obverse for the mint year.
Pro Tip 2/3Main Image
On medals and coins, the obverse typically displays the main image or emblem.
His face was on the obverse of the new medal.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Background
The obverse is the opposite of the background or less detailed side.
The eagle is on the obverse, not the mountain.
Pro Tip 1/3Coin Front
The obverse is what you see first on a coin, usually with the more important design.
Check the obverse for the mint year.
Pro Tip 2/3Main Image
On medals and coins, the obverse typically displays the main image or emblem.
His face was on the obverse of the new medal.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Background
The obverse is the opposite of the background or less detailed side.
The eagle is on the obverse, not the mountain.
Pro Tip 1/3Coin Front
The obverse is what you see first on a coin, usually with the more important design.
Check the obverse for the mint year.
Pro Tip 2/3Main Image
On medals and coins, the obverse typically displays the main image or emblem.
His face was on the obverse of the new medal.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Background
The obverse is the opposite of the background or less detailed side.
The eagle is on the obverse, not the mountain.
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Quote examples
Octavio Paz
Mexican Poet
We go along, without a fixed itinerary, yet at the same time with an end (what end?) in mind, and with the aim of reaching the end. A search for the end, a dread of the end: the obverse and the reverse of the same act.
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Niall Ferguson
British Historian
I think the rise of quantitative econometrics and a highly mathematical approach to risk management was the obverse of a decline in interest in financial history.
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John McAfee
American Businessman
Marketing is the obverse of programming.
Quote examples
Octavio Paz
Mexican Poet
We go along, without a fixed itinerary, yet at the same time with an end (what end?) in mind, and with the aim of reaching the end. A search for the end, a dread of the end: the obverse and the reverse of the same act.
Quote examples
Niall Ferguson
British Historian
I think the rise of quantitative econometrics and a highly mathematical approach to risk management was the obverse of a decline in interest in financial history.
Quote examples
John McAfee
American Businessman
Marketing is the obverse of programming.
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