monument

[ noun mon-yuh-muh nt; verb mon-yuh-ment ]

/ noun ˈmɒn yə mənt; verb ˈmɒn yəˌmɛnt /

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noun

something erected in memory of a person, event, etc., as a building, pillar, or statue: the Washington Monument.

any building, megalith, etc., surviving from a past age, and regarded as of historical or archaeological importance.

any enduring evidence or notable example of something: a monument to human ingenuity.

an exemplar, model, or personification of some abstract quality, especially when considered to be beyond question: a monument of middle-class respectability.

an area or a site of interest to the public for its historical significance, great natural beauty, etc., preserved and maintained by a government.

a written tribute to a person, especially a posthumous one.

Surveying. an object, as a stone shaft, set in the ground to mark the boundaries of real estate or to mark a survey station.

a person considered as a heroic figure or of heroic proportions: He became a monument in his lifetime.

Obsolete. a tomb; sepulcher.
a statue.

verb (used with object)

to build a monument or monuments to; commemorate: to monument the nation's war dead.

to build a monument on: to monument a famous site.

Origin of monument

1250–1300; Middle English < Latin monumentum, equivalent to mon- (stem of monēre to remind, warn) + -u- (variant of -i- -i- before labials) + -mentum -ment

OTHER WORDS FROM monument

mon·u·ment·less, adjective un·mon·u·ment·ed, adjective

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But, in my mind—and many of the townspeople—the monument was far from the main attraction.

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At its center was a monument, perhaps just over six feet high.

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The poet Byron's bedroom remains almost as he left it, and on the lawn is the monument to his favorite dog, "Boatswain."

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When he dies he is praised as a demi-god, and his monument records every thing but his vices.

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I have a sincere respect for his criticism, as I respect also the one he made on the monument to Cavour.

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This monument is a most worthy artistic effort, and shows two lions lying at the foot of a full-length figure of the churchman.

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British Dictionary definitions for monument (1 of 2)

monument

/ (ˈmɒnjʊmənt) /

noun

an obelisk, statue, building, etc, erected in commemoration of a person or event or in celebration of something

a notable building or site, esp one preserved as public property

a tomb or tombstone

a literary or artistic work regarded as commemorative of its creator or a particular period

US a boundary marker

an exceptional example his lecture was a monument of tedium

an obsolete word for statue

Word Origin for monument

C13: from Latin monumentum, from monēre to remind, advise

British Dictionary definitions for monument (2 of 2)

Monument

/ (ˈmɒnjʊmənt) /

noun

the Monument a tall columnar building designed (1671) by Sir Christopher Wren to commemorate the Fire of London (1666), which destroyed a large part of the medieval city

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