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obverse noun Heads or tails? If you called heads, obverse is the word for you. Since the 17th century, we've been using obverse for the front side of coins (usually the side depicting the head or bust of a prominent person). The opposite of this sense of obverse is reverse, the back or tails side of a coin. Since the 19th century, obverse has referred to an opposing counterpart or an opposite. Additionally, it can be an adjective meaning "facing the observer or opponent" or "being a counterpart or complement." 1 : the side of a coin or currency note bearing the chief device and lettering; broadly : a front or principal surface2 : a counterpart having the opposite orientation or force; also : opposite3 : a proposition inferred immediately from another by denying the opposite of what the given proposition affirms

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October 18, 2020 AHB-verss The artist of the medal designed an obverse graced with a profile portrait and a reverse adorned with a pictorial scene."The coins have always had a version of a portrait of George Washington featured on the obverse or the 'heads' side and like in 2020, they have minted five different designs on the coin's reverse or tails side…." — Laura Tennant, The Reno (Nevada) Gazette-Journal, 22 July 2020

Word	obverse
Date	October 18, 2020
Type	noun
Syllables	AHB-verss
Etymology	Heads or tails? If you called heads, obverse is the word for you. Since the 17th century, we've been using obverse for the front side of coins (usually the side depicting the head or bust of a prominent person). The opposite of this sense of obverse is reverse, the back or tails side of a coin. Since the 19th century, obverse has referred to an opposing counterpart or an opposite. Additionally, it can be an adjective meaning "facing the observer or opponent" or "being a counterpart or complement."
Examples	The artist of the medal designed an obverse graced with a profile portrait and a reverse adorned with a pictorial scene. "The coins have always had a version of a portrait of George Washington featured on the obverse or the 'heads' side and like in 2020, they have minted five different designs on the coin's reverse or tails side…." — Laura Tennant, The Reno (Nevada) Gazette-Journal, 22 July 2020
Definition	1 : the side of a coin or currency note bearing the chief device and lettering; broadly : a front or principal surface 2 : a counterpart having the opposite orientation or force; also : opposite 3 : a proposition inferred immediately from another by denying the opposite of what the given proposition affirms

Obverse Side Opposite Counterpart Century Front Coins Tails