inscription

«inscription» in Mova's school dictionary: Words cut, carved or written on something hard, like… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an inscription, inscriptions)

meaning for a pupil

1) Words cut, carved or written on something hard, like stone, metal or a coin. tree →

2) Words written by hand inside a book or on a photo, often to the person it is given to. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons pupils read inscriptions on old stones, monuments and coins to learn about the past. On a trophy, ring or bench the inscription often gives a name or a short message. Phrases: an inscription on, a short inscription, read the inscription.

examples

• The inscription on the old stone was hard to read. tree →
• Our school trophy has an inscription with the winners' names. tree →
• The bench in the park has an inscription for a kind neighbour. tree →
• Grandad wrote an inscription inside the book he gave me. tree →
• Coins have inscriptions around the edge. tree →
• Archaeologists studied the inscription on the wall. tree →
• The ring had a tiny inscription inside it. tree →
• The houses and bridges were adorned with verses and inscriptions. tree →

note

Countable noun. Verb: inscribe (inscribed, inscribing). In maths, "inscribed" means drawn inside another shape so it touches it (a circle inscribed in a square) — a different use of the same root. Do not confuse with "description" or "subscription".

In the corpora

• The Indus people used seals with short inscriptions and animal pictures, but nobody has yet worked out their writing.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «inscription» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.