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Definition of inscription noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

inscription

noun
 
/ɪnˈskrɪpʃn/
 
/ɪnˈskrɪpʃn/
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  1. words written in the front of a book or cut in stone or metal
    • There was an inscription carved over the doorway.
    • There are no inscriptions or markings to identify the tombs.
    Extra Examples
    • The inscription bears the date 1655.
    • The monument carries the inscription: ‘To the fallen in two world wars’.
    • The simple inscription on her grave reads: ‘She sleeps in peace.’
    • an inscription carved in the stone
    Topics Literature and writingc2, Buildingsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • famous
    • dedicatory
    • funerary
    • …
    verb + inscription
    • bear
    • carry
    • have
    • …
    inscription + verb
    • bear something
    • read something
    • record something
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a short descriptive or dedicatory passage at the beginning of a book): from Latin inscriptio(n-), from the verb inscribere, from in- ‘into’ + scribere ‘write’.
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