epitaph

noun

/ˈepɪtɑːf/

/ˈepɪtæf/

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words that are written or said about a dead person, especially words on a gravestone
- His epitaph read: ‘A just and noble countryman’.
Extra Examples
- Joyce's epitaph on King Edward VIII
- She wrote the perfect epitaph for the poet.
Topics Life stagesc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- fitting
verb + epitaph
- write
- make
- stand as
- …
preposition
- as an epitaph
- epitaph for
- epitaph on
- …
phrases
- be somebody’s epitaph
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epitaph (to somebody/something) something that is left to remind people of a particular person, a period of time or an event
- These slums are an epitaph to the housing policy of the 1960s.
Extra Examples
- These films stand as an epitaph to the great director.
- It makes a fitting epitaph to a great career.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- fitting
verb + epitaph
- write
- make
- stand as
- …
preposition
- as an epitaph
- epitaph for
- epitaph on
- …
phrases
- be somebody’s epitaph
See full entry

Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French epitaphe, via Latin from Greek epitaphion ‘funeral oration’, neuter of ephitaphios ‘over or at a tomb’, from epi ‘upon’ + taphos ‘tomb’.

单词	epitaph
释义	epitaph noun /ˈepɪtɑːf/ /ˈepɪtæf/ jump to other results words that are written or said about a dead person, especially words on a gravestone His epitaph read: ‘A just and noble countryman’. Extra Examples Joyce's epitaph on King Edward VIII She wrote the perfect epitaph for the poet. Topics Life stagesc2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective fitting verb + epitaph write make stand as … preposition as an epitaph epitaph for epitaph on … phrases be somebody’s epitaph See full entry epitaph (to somebody/something) something that is left to remind people of a particular person, a period of time or an event These slums are an epitaph to the housing policy of the 1960s. Extra Examples These films stand as an epitaph to the great director. It makes a fitting epitaph to a great career. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective fitting verb + epitaph write make stand as … preposition as an epitaph epitaph for epitaph on … phrases be somebody’s epitaph See full entry Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French epitaphe, via Latin from Greek epitaphion ‘funeral oration’, neuter of ephitaphios ‘over or at a tomb’, from epi ‘upon’ + taphos ‘tomb’.
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