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VERSO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does verso mean?
• VERSO (noun)
The noun VERSO has 2 senses:
2. the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design
Familiarity information: VERSO used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Left-hand page
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("verso" is a kind of...):
page (one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains)
Antonym:
recto (right-hand page)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
reverse; verso
Hypernyms ("verso" is a kind of...):
side (an extended outer surface of an object)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "verso"):
tail ((usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head)
Holonyms ("verso" is a part of...):
coin (a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money)
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