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inscription
[ in-skrip-shuhn ]
noun
- something inscribed.
- a historical, religious, or other record cut, impressed, painted, or written on stone, brick, metal, or other hard surface.
- a brief, usually informal dedication, as of a book or a work of art.
- a note, as a dedication, that is written and signed by hand in a book.
- the act of inscribing.
- Pharmacology. the part of a prescription indicating the drugs and the amounts to be mixed.
- British.
- an issue of securities or stocks.
- a block of shares in a stock, as bought or sold by one person.
- Also called legend. Numismatics. the lettering in the field of a coin, medal, etc.
inscription
/ ɪˈɪʃə /
noun
- something inscribed, esp words carved or engraved on a coin, tomb, etc
- a signature or brief dedication in a book or on a work of art
- the act of inscribing
- philosophy linguistics an element of written language, esp a sentence Compare utterance 1
Derived Forms
- ˈپ, adverb
- ˈپDzԲ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ·tDz· adjective
- ·tDz· adjective
- i·tDz noun
- p··tDz noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of inscription1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of inscription1
Example Sentences
Its Imagine inscription on the right side of the coin is a special nod to the artist's single and album which became a posthumous hit worldwide.
When Egyptologists were searching for the initial tomb, they found a posthumous inscription that indicated the content could have been moved to a second location nearby, by Thutmose II's wife and half-sister Hatsheput.
Local people who tracked down his family using an inscription left on the wooden seat have now returned it to them after holding on to the bench for safekeeping.
Artefacts, including fragments of alabaster jars which bore the inscriptions of the names of Thutmose II and Hatshepsut, provided definitive evidence.
Weeks earlier, as the protests took hold, the Georgian Dream government banned face masks at protests and increased fines for making "inscriptions or drawings" on building facades.
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