inscribe
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
engrave a pen
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
register formally as a participant or member
The party recruited many new members
Types & categories
- register hypernym
- muster in hyponym
- unionize hyponym
- register hyponym
- matriculate hyponym
Related & opposite
- registration derivation
- enrollee derivation
- enlistee derivation
- recruiter derivation
Sense 3 verb
draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible
Types & categories
- trace hypernym
Related & opposite
- geometry domain topic
Sense 4 verb
write, engrave, or print as a lasting record
Types & categories
- record hypernym
Related & opposite
- inscription derivation
Sense 5 verb
mark with one's signature
The author autographed his book
Types & categories
- sign hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
convert ordinary language into code
We should encode the message for security reasons
Types & categories
- encode hypernym
Related & opposite
- coding derivation
- encoding derivation
- cipher derivation
- code derivation
- cryptograph derivation
- computer code derivation
- programmer derivation
Sense 7 verb
address, (a work of literature) in a style less formal than a dedication
Types & categories
- dedicate hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | engraver |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | etch |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | chip at |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | character |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | registration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | enrollee |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | enlistee |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | recruiter |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | register |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | muster in |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | unionize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | register |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | matriculate |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | geometry |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | trace |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | inscription |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | record |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | autograph |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | autograph |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | sign |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | coding |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | encoding |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | cipher |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | code |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | cryptograph |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | computer code |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | programmer |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | encode |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | dedicate |