Inscription
noun
Words that are written or carved on something.
The inscription on the tombstone was weathered and hard to read.
Often appears as...
- tombstone inscription
- plaque inscription
noun
A short message written in a book presented as a gift.
She treasured the book not for the story, but for the heartfelt inscription from her grandmother inside.
Often appears as...
- book inscription
- dedication inscription
noun
The process of inscribing or carving words onto something.
The artisan was skilled in the art of inscription on stone.
Often appears as...
- stone inscription
- metal inscription
noun
In medicine, a prescription or direction for the preparation of medicine.
The doctor gave me the prescription with detailed inscription.
Often appears as...
- prescription inscription
- medical inscription
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noun
Words that are written or carved on something.
The inscription on the tombstone was weathered and hard to read.
Often appears as...
- tombstone inscription
- plaque inscription
noun
A short message written in a book presented as a gift.
She treasured the book not for the story, but for the heartfelt inscription from her grandmother inside.
Often appears as...
- book inscription
- dedication inscription
noun
The process of inscribing or carving words onto something.
The artisan was skilled in the art of inscription on stone.
Often appears as...
- stone inscription
- metal inscription
noun
In medicine, a prescription or direction for the preparation of medicine.
The doctor gave me the prescription with detailed inscription.
Often appears as...
- prescription inscription
- medical inscription
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Physical Objects
Inscriptions are often found on hard surfaces like stone, metal, or wood.
The inscription on the medal commemorated the hero's bravery.
Pro Tip 2/3Weather Impact
Outdoor inscriptions can erode over time, making them hard to read.
Centuries of rain had faded the ancient temple's inscriptions.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Value
Inscriptions can be valuable sources of historical information.
The inscription revealed the name of the unknown king.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Objects
Inscriptions are often found on hard surfaces like stone, metal, or wood.
The inscription on the medal commemorated the hero's bravery.
Pro Tip 2/3Weather Impact
Outdoor inscriptions can erode over time, making them hard to read.
Centuries of rain had faded the ancient temple's inscriptions.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Value
Inscriptions can be valuable sources of historical information.
The inscription revealed the name of the unknown king.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Objects
Inscriptions are often found on hard surfaces like stone, metal, or wood.
The inscription on the medal commemorated the hero's bravery.
Pro Tip 2/3Weather Impact
Outdoor inscriptions can erode over time, making them hard to read.
Centuries of rain had faded the ancient temple's inscriptions.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Value
Inscriptions can be valuable sources of historical information.
The inscription revealed the name of the unknown king.
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The secret messages of...
Runes are short, straight, and diagonal lines that make up an alphabet called the “futhark.” All classes of people spoke and wrote this language, in many different dialects. There was no standard spelling, they wrote the individual runic letters by pronouncing the sounds of their regional accents. Some of these inscriptions also bore the influence of other cultures
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The race to decode a...
Working from the few available inscriptions, she recorded how often each symbol appeared. Then she recorded how frequently each symbol appeared next to another. She stored her findings on scrap paper in cigarette cartons because writing supplies were scarce during the Second World War. By analyzing these frequencies,
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How Tutankhamun Got His...
They carry some hieroglyphic inscription very faintly visible here, which would indicate that they were carved and set up in some sort of building which dates to the reign of Tutankhamun. It's exciting, because that gives us a sort of a ballpark for the time when this site was busy and active and important
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Palenque and the Ancient...
in its inscriptions they cover you know many millenniums of time with the master calendar descriptions of the mire so you know noted for so that in a sense with this system that literally tamed eternity they wove mythical and real
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Builders of the Pyramids...
the inscriptions detail the jobs they help we can see titles of people like the overseer of the craftsman the overseer of the draftsman the overseer of the harbour all of these are unique - this man for example this person was in
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Saki Mafundikwa:...
because of the place that they were discovered, these inscriptions -- research is still going on, a few of them have been deciphered, but there is consensus among scholars that this is really humanity's first alphabet.
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The Messiah Before...
jeselsohn stone named for respected antiquities collector david jeselsohn has recently surfaced I don't have anything like it of such a long prophetic biblical inscription from that time on stone the jeselsohn stone
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The brain in love PIPE...
And Mayan inscriptions proclaim that he was deeply in love with his wife. So, he built a temple in her honor, facing his. And every spring and autumn, exactly at the equinox, the sun rises behind his temple,
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Vincent Cochetel: I was...
because they could not explain anything anymore to their spouse? I've lost that count. There is a price for this type of life. In Russia, all war monuments have this beautiful inscription at the top.
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Heaven on Earth PIPE The...
And if you look closely over there, there is an inscription saying, Meaning that he is the king who went to the highest world of Vishnu.
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The secret messages of...
Runes are short, straight, and diagonal lines that make up an alphabet called the “futhark.” All classes of people spoke and wrote this language, in many different dialects. There was no standard spelling, they wrote the individual runic letters by pronouncing the sounds of their regional accents. Some of these inscriptions also bore the influence of other cultures
Video examples
The race to decode a...
Working from the few available inscriptions, she recorded how often each symbol appeared. Then she recorded how frequently each symbol appeared next to another. She stored her findings on scrap paper in cigarette cartons because writing supplies were scarce during the Second World War. By analyzing these frequencies,
Video examples
How Tutankhamun Got His...
They carry some hieroglyphic inscription very faintly visible here, which would indicate that they were carved and set up in some sort of building which dates to the reign of Tutankhamun. It's exciting, because that gives us a sort of a ballpark for the time when this site was busy and active and important
Video examples
Palenque and the Ancient...
in its inscriptions they cover you know many millenniums of time with the master calendar descriptions of the mire so you know noted for so that in a sense with this system that literally tamed eternity they wove mythical and real
Video examples
Builders of the Pyramids...
the inscriptions detail the jobs they help we can see titles of people like the overseer of the craftsman the overseer of the draftsman the overseer of the harbour all of these are unique - this man for example this person was in
Video examples
Saki Mafundikwa:...
because of the place that they were discovered, these inscriptions -- research is still going on, a few of them have been deciphered, but there is consensus among scholars that this is really humanity's first alphabet.
Video examples
The Messiah Before...
jeselsohn stone named for respected antiquities collector david jeselsohn has recently surfaced I don't have anything like it of such a long prophetic biblical inscription from that time on stone the jeselsohn stone
Video examples
The brain in love PIPE...
And Mayan inscriptions proclaim that he was deeply in love with his wife. So, he built a temple in her honor, facing his. And every spring and autumn, exactly at the equinox, the sun rises behind his temple,
Video examples
Vincent Cochetel: I was...
because they could not explain anything anymore to their spouse? I've lost that count. There is a price for this type of life. In Russia, all war monuments have this beautiful inscription at the top.
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Heaven on Earth PIPE The...
And if you look closely over there, there is an inscription saying, Meaning that he is the king who went to the highest world of Vishnu.
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David L. Wolper
American Producer
Somebody said something funny to me the other day. They said, 'Wolper, until two weeks ago, your tombstone was going to say, 'David Wolper, the man who produced 'Roots.' I think the tombstone now has a new inscription. It's going to be 'David Wolper, the man who produced the opening ceremony of the 1984 Olympics.
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Ferdinand de Saussure
Swiss Educator
In general, the philological movement opened up countless sources relevant to linguistic issues, treating them in quite a different spirit from traditional grammar; for instance, the study of inscriptions and their language. But not yet in the spirit of linguistics.
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Ben Fogle
English Writer
When I reached the summit of Everest, I scooped some ice into my drinking bottle as I'd run out of water and hoped it would melt. After I got back to base camp, I decided to keep it, so I had a special bottle made with an inscription - it's my lucky water.
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Zahi Hawass
Egyptian Scientist
I found in one of the tombs an inscription saying, 'If you touch my tomb, you will be eaten by a crocodile and hippopotamus.' It doesn't mean the hippo will eat you, it means the person really wanted his tomb to be protected.
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Ryan Reynolds
Canadian Actor
Making a mix CD - albeit slightly old school - is generally a pretty cool gift and something I like to receive, or giving someone a book that moved you. Writing an inscription inside makes it even better.
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Ian Hamilton Finlay
Scottish Poet
I came to these mediums through having the garden, and of course, people who have designed gardens have always worked in collaboration, and never made their own inscriptions.
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Lew Wallace
American General
The monuments of the nations are all protests against nothingness after death; so are statues and inscriptions; so is history.
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Samuel Butler
British Poet
They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?
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Robert Emmet
Irish Activist
Let there be no inscription upon my tomb; let no man write my epitaph: no man can write my epitaph.
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Mason Cooley
American Writer
I love you is the inscription on Pandora's box.
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David L. Wolper
American Producer
Somebody said something funny to me the other day. They said, 'Wolper, until two weeks ago, your tombstone was going to say, 'David Wolper, the man who produced 'Roots.' I think the tombstone now has a new inscription. It's going to be 'David Wolper, the man who produced the opening ceremony of the 1984 Olympics.
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Ferdinand de Saussure
Swiss Educator
In general, the philological movement opened up countless sources relevant to linguistic issues, treating them in quite a different spirit from traditional grammar; for instance, the study of inscriptions and their language. But not yet in the spirit of linguistics.
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Ben Fogle
English Writer
When I reached the summit of Everest, I scooped some ice into my drinking bottle as I'd run out of water and hoped it would melt. After I got back to base camp, I decided to keep it, so I had a special bottle made with an inscription - it's my lucky water.
Quote examples
Zahi Hawass
Egyptian Scientist
I found in one of the tombs an inscription saying, 'If you touch my tomb, you will be eaten by a crocodile and hippopotamus.' It doesn't mean the hippo will eat you, it means the person really wanted his tomb to be protected.
Quote examples
Ryan Reynolds
Canadian Actor
Making a mix CD - albeit slightly old school - is generally a pretty cool gift and something I like to receive, or giving someone a book that moved you. Writing an inscription inside makes it even better.
Quote examples
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Scottish Poet
I came to these mediums through having the garden, and of course, people who have designed gardens have always worked in collaboration, and never made their own inscriptions.
Quote examples
Lew Wallace
American General
The monuments of the nations are all protests against nothingness after death; so are statues and inscriptions; so is history.
Quote examples
Samuel Butler
British Poet
They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?
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Robert Emmet
Irish Activist
Let there be no inscription upon my tomb; let no man write my epitaph: no man can write my epitaph.
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Mason Cooley
American Writer
I love you is the inscription on Pandora's box.
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