obverse
noun/ˈɒbvɜːs/
/ˈɑːbvɜːrs/
(usually the obverse)
[singular]- (formal) the opposite of something
- The obverse of love is hate.
- (specialist) the side of a coin or medal that has the head or main design on it compare the reverse
Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘turned towards the observer’): from Latin obversus, past participle of obvertere ‘turn towards’, from ob- ‘towards’ + vertere ‘to turn’.
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