INSCRIPTION


Meaning of INSCRIPTION in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ famous

▪ dedicatory , funerary , memorial , monumental

▪ Greek , Latin , etc.

VERB + INSCRIPTION

▪ bear , carry , have

The monument carries the ~: ‘To the fallen’.

▪ carve , engrave

an ~ carved in the stone

▪ read

I wasn't able to read the ~.

INSCRIPTION + VERB

▪ bear sth , read sth , record sth , say sth , show sth , tell sb sth

The ~ bears the date 1855.

The simple ~ on her grave reads: ‘She sleeps in peace.’

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .