epitaph

«epitaph» in Mova's school dictionary: A short saying or words cut on a gravestone to say who… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (epitaphs)

meaning for a pupil

A short saying or words cut on a gravestone to say who lies there, and sometimes what they were like. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories, a short last remark or words that sum up a person's life, as if carved on their stone

examples

• "Away! Begone!" was all the epitaph he spoke. tree →
• Write a short epitaph for the old king's stone. tree →
• Her epitaph said that she always kept her promises. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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