Meaning of inscription | Babel Free

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1. The act of inscribing.
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2. The act of inscribing
3. Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone, or on some other item.
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4. Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone, or on some other item
5. to carve or write. The monument was inscribed with the names of the men who died in the war; He carefully inscribed his name in his new book. inskryf, graveer يَنْقُش надписвам gravar vyrýt; vepsat beschriften indhugge; skrive ind χαράσσω, γράφωinscribir (sisse, peale) kirjutama نوشتن یا حک کردن kirjoittaa inscrire לִרשוֹם छापना upisati ráír; bevés menulis, menggoreskan áletra, grafa scrivere; incidere 記す (책, 비석 등에) 쓰다, 적다, 새기다 iškalti, įrašyti uzrakstīt; ierakstīt; iekalt (uzrakstu) menulis ...
6. The text on a coin.
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7. The text on a coin
8. something written, eg on a gravestone or on a coin. The coin was so worn that the inscription could scarcely be read. ingrif كِتابَه مَنْقوشَه надпис inscrição nápis die Aufschrift inskription επιγραφήinscripción kirjutis, pealdis بر نوشت روی سنگ یا فلز kirjoitus inscriptionכתובת शिलालेख natpis felirat tulisan áletrun iscrizione, dedica 銘 적힌(새겨진) 것 įrašas uzraksts; ieraksts penulisan opschriftinnskrift, påskriftnapis ليكنه، كيندنه كتيبه ، نقش، ثبت inscrição inscripţie надпись nápis napis zapi...
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9. Words written in the front of a book as a dedication.
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10. Words written in the front of a book as a dedication
11. The act or an instance of inscribing.
12. A marking, such as the wording on a coin, medal, monument, or seal, that is inscribed.
13. A piece of material, such as a stone or metal tablet, that is inscribed.
14. An enrollment or a registration of names.
15. A short, signed message in a book or on a photograph given as a gift.
16. something inscribed, esp words carved or engraved on a coin, tomb, etc
17. a signature or brief dedication in a book or on a work of art

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Examples

“The inscription of the Temple of Preah Vihear on the World Heritage list shall be without prejudice to the rights of the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Kingdom of Thailand on the demarcation works of the Joint Commission for Land Boundary (JBC) of the two countries;”

“He had battled like a man, and gotten a man's reward — no silver tea-pots or salvers, with flowery inscriptions setting forth his virtues and the appreciation of a genteel parish; […]”

“The coin bears an inscription in Latin.”

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