I asked the jeweler to inscribe my initials on the back my watch.
Source: tatoeba (5585766)
Inscribe
//ɪnˈskɹaɪb//
Synonyms for "inscribe" (166 found)
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Strong matches (49)
Related words (83)
Verb(5 words)
jamjotjot downletterlinelistlithographlodgelogmake a memorandummake a notemake a recensionmake an entrymake outmake printsmarkmark downmatriculateminutenote
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note downpackpenpencilplace upon recordplantpollpostpost upprintpush the penput downput in writingput on paperput on taperecenserecordreduce to writingregisterreviserewriterootscorescrapescratchscrawlscribescrivescrollsculptureseatsetset downset insettlesignspill inkspoil paperstampstereotypestipplesuperscribetabulatetake downtapetape-recordtooltracetranscribetransliteratetypevideotapewedgewritewrite downwrite inwrite outwrite up
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26 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- вписвам verb (to draw a circle, sphere)
- надписвам verb (to write or cut words onto something)
Catalan
2 entries- inscriure verb (to write or cut words onto something)
- inscriure verb (to draw a circle, sphere)
Czech
2 entries- vepsat verb (to write or cut words onto something)
- vepsat verb (to draw a circle, sphere)
Finnish
1 entries- kaivertaa verb (to write or cut words onto something)
French
1 entries- graver verb (to write or cut words onto something)
German
1 entries- beschriften verb (to write or cut words onto something)
Greek
2 entries- εγγράφω verb (to draw a circle, sphere)
- επιγράφω verb (to write or cut words onto something)
Old Turkic
1 entries- 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃 verb (to write or cut words onto something)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- قازمق verb (to write or cut words onto something)
- یازمق verb (to write or cut words onto something)
Romanian
4 entries- grava verb (to write or cut words onto something)
- inscripționa verb (to write or cut words onto something)
- înscrie verb (to write or cut words onto something)
- înscrie verb (to draw a circle, sphere)
Russian
3 entries- впи́сывать verb (to draw a circle, sphere)
- вписа́ть verb (to draw a circle, sphere)
- начертать verb (to write or cut words onto something)
Spanish
1 entries- inscribir verb (to write or cut words onto something)
Turkish
3 entries- kakmak verb (to write or cut words onto something)
- kazımak verb (to write or cut words onto something)
- yazmak verb (to write or cut words onto something)
Welsh
1 entries- llythrennu verb (to write or cut words onto something)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Instead of the conservative motto, "A fair day's wages for a fair day's work," we must inscribe on our banner the revolutionary watchword, "Abolition of the wage system."
Source: tatoeba (7847215)
I inscribed the book with a message for Kate.
Source: wiktionary
I inscribed my name into the book.
Source: wiktionary
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