Inscription
noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 The act of inscribing. countable, uncountable
"The inscription of the Temple of Preah Vihear on the World Heritage list shall be without prejudice to the rights of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Kingdom of Thailand on the demarcation works of the Joint Commission for Land Boundary (JBC) of the two countries;"
- 2 the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words wordnet
- 3 Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone, or on some other item. countable, uncountable
"He had battled like a man, and gotten a man's reward — no silver tea-pots or salvers, with flowery inscriptions setting forth his virtues and the appreciation of a genteel parish; […]"
- 4 letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something wordnet
- 5 The text on a coin. countable, uncountable
"The coin bears an inscription in Latin."
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- 6 a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something wordnet
- 7 Words written in the front of a book as a dedication. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"In the second place, if we do not go, someone else will read the inscription on the stone and find happiness, and we shall have lost it all."
Etymology
From Latin īnscrīptiō.
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