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# inscribed

«inscribed» in Mova's school dictionary: **written, carved or printed on something, especially…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb past form of inscribe (inscribe, inscribes, inscribed, inscribing); adjective (inscribed)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Inscribed means written, carved or printed on something, especially stone, metal or the inside of a book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inscribed/#m1)

2) (maths) An inscribed shape is drawn inside another so that it just touches its sides or edges, like a circle inscribed in a square. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inscribed/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history: names inscribed on war memorials and old stones. In geometry: an inscribed circle touches each side of a triangle or square from inside; an inscribed polygon has all its corners on a circle. Phrases: inscribed on, inscribed with, inscribed in a circle.

### examples

- The winner's name was inscribed on the cup. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inscribed/#x1)
- The ring was inscribed with her initials. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inscribed/#x2)
- Names of soldiers are inscribed on the memorial. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inscribed/#x3)
- Draw a circle inscribed in a square. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inscribed/#x4)
- A square inscribed in a circle has its four corners on the circle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inscribed/#x5)
- The book was inscribed "To Tom, love from Gran". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inscribed/#x6)
- Then you will come to a column on which is a marble slab inscribed with Cufic characters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inscribed/#x7)

### note

Noun: inscription (the writing). In maths: a circle inscribed in a square of side 10 cm has a diameter of 10 cm, so its radius is 5 cm. The opposite idea is circumscribed (drawn around outside).

### In the corpora

- [Oh that they were inscribed in a book!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.490/)
- [then was the palm of the hand sent from before Him, and this writing was inscribed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.170/)
- [And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE MENE, TEKEL UPHARSIN.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/DAN.171/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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