Usually means: Front side of a coin.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. obverse: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. obverse: Merriam-Webster
  3. obverse: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. obverse: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. obverse: Collins English Dictionary
  6. obverse: Vocabulary.com
  7. Obverse, obverse: Wordnik
  8. obverse, the obverse: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. obverse: Wiktionary
  10. obverse: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. obverse: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. obverse: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Obverse, obverse: Dictionary.com
  14. obverse: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Obverse: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Obverse: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. obverse: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. obverse: Rhymezone
  19. Obverse: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. obverse: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Obverse: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. obverse: FreeDictionary.org
  23. obverse: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. obverse: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. obverse: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. obverse: Global Glossary
  3. Coin Collecting Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Obverse: Numismatic Dictionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. obverse: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. obverse: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Obverse: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Obverse: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. obverse: A Word A Day

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. Obverse: The Orchid Lady's Illustrated Orchid Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Obverse: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. obverse: Coin Collecting

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Turned or facing toward the observer.
adjective:  Corresponding; complementary.
adjective:  (botany) Having the base, or end next to the attachment, narrower than the top.
noun:  The heads side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that has the principal design.
noun:  (logic) A proposition obtained by obversion, e.g. All men are mortal => No man is immortal.

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