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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/epitaph/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/epitaph/#x1)
- Write a short epitaph for the old king's stone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/epitaph/#x2)
- Her epitaph said that she always kept her promises. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/epitaph/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «epitaph» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/epitaph/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.