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

2) Words written by hand inside a book or on a photo, often to the person it is given to. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inscription/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inscription/#x1)
- Our school trophy has an inscription with the winners' names. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inscription/#x2)
- The bench in the park has an inscription for a kind neighbour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inscription/#x3)
- Grandad wrote an inscription inside the book he gave me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inscription/#x4)
- Coins have inscriptions around the edge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inscription/#x5)
- Archaeologists studied the inscription on the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inscription/#x6)
- The ring had a tiny inscription inside it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inscription/#x7)
- The houses and bridges were adorned with verses and inscriptions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inscription/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/7-ancient-india-the-indus-cities-and-the-first-kingdoms/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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